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• ventose
  ventose

  adjective

  given to empty talk; windy; flatulent.
• Ventôse
  Ventôse

  noun

  (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.

ventose

¹ American  

[ven-tohs] / ˈvɛn toʊs /

adjective

Archaic.

1. given to empty talk; windy; flatulent.

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Ventôse ² American  

[vahn-tohz] / vɑ̃ˈtoʊz /

noun

1. (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.

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Ventôse British  

/ vɑ̃toz /

noun

1. the windy month: the sixth month of the French Revolutionary calendar, extending from Feb 20 to Mar 21

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Other Word Forms

• ventosity
  noun

Etymology

Origin of ventose¹

1715–25; < Latin ventōsus windy, equivalent to vent ( us ) wind ¹ + -ōsus -ose ¹

Origin of Ventôse²

< French < Latin ventōsus; see ventose

Example Sentences

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Ventôse

On the 12th Ventôse, a short time after the return of the remaining Girondists, the assembly had decreed the arrest of Billaud-Varennes, Collot-d'Herbois, Barrère and Vadier.

From History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814 by Mignet, M. (François-Auguste-Marie-Alexis)