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flatulent

[flach-uh-luh nt]
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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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Origin of flatulent

1590–1600; < New Latin flātulentus; see flatus, -ulent
Related formsflat·u·lence, flat·u·len·cy, nounflat·u·lent·ly, adverbnon·flat·u·lence, nounnon·flat·u·len·cy, nounnon·flat·u·lent, adjectivenon·flat·u·lent·ly, adverb
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Examples from the Web for flatulence

Historical Examples

  • Flatulence, eructations of gas, and borborygmi are controlled by strict diet according to the rules given.

    A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II

    Various

  • Flatulence is seen in infants suffering from intestinal indigestion and the food is nearly always at fault.

    The Mother and Her Child

    William S. Sadler

  • Flatulence is not inserted; but Flatulency is said to be 'windiness; fulness of wind.'

  • Flatulence (ventositas) is likewise a cause of gout, as we have already hinted.

    Gilbertus Anglicus

    Henry Ebenezer Handerson

  • It was entitled 'The Art of Flatulence', and it consisted of a number of rules and definitions.

British Dictionary definitions for flatulence

flatulent

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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Derived Formsflatulence or flatulency, nounflatulently, adverb

Word Origin

C16: from New Latin flātulentus, from Latin: flatus
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Word Origin and History for flatulence

n.

1711, from French flatulence, from flatulent (see flatulent). Flatulency is from 1650s.

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flatulent

adj.

1590s, from Middle French flatulent, from Modern Latin flatulentus, from Latin flatus "a blowing, a breaking wind," past participle of flare "to blow, puff," which is cognate with Old English blawan (see blow (v.1)).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
flatulence in Medicine

flatulence

(flăch′ə-ləns)
n.
  1. The presence of excessive gas in the digestive tract.
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Related formsflat′u•lent adj.
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