flatulent

American  

[flach-uh-luhnt] / ˈflætʃ ə lənt /

adjective

1. generating gas in the alimentary canal, as food.

2. attended with, caused by, or suffering from such an accumulation of gas.

3. having unsupported pretensions; inflated and empty; pompous; turgid.

   a flatulent style.

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flatulent British  

/ ˈflætjʊlənt /

adjective

1. suffering from or caused by an excessive amount of gas in the alimentary canal, producing uncomfortable distension

2. generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal

3. pretentious or windy in style

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Other Word Forms

• flatulence
  noun
• flatulency
  noun
• flatulently
  adverb
• nonflatulent
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of flatulent

First recorded in 1590–1600; French , from New Latin flātulentus; see flatus, -ulent

Example Sentences

Given the dogs I’ve owned, it’d be more descriptive to have the Scooting Group, the Humping Group and the Flatulent Group.

From Washington Post • Dec. 13, 2020

Flatulent View, Since each program was padded to fill at least a two-hour magazine format, the arresting segments were buried among too many soporific ones.

From Time Magazine Archive

This Medicine presently cures Flatulent Cholics, removes all Windy Disorders of the Stomach and Intestines, and corrects Acidities lodged there.

From An Account of the Extraordinary Medicinal Fluid, called Aether. by Turner, Matthew

Flatulent dyspepsia, rheumatism, diabetes, and stomach acidity are only too frequently traced to an oversupply of sugar in our daily diet.

From Foods That Will Win The War And How To Cook Them (1918) by Goudiss, Alberta M. (Alberta Moorhouse)

Flatulent, flat′ū-lent, adj. affected with air in the stomach: apt to generate such: empty: vain.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various