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ventosity

  • a word derived from ventose.
    ventose
    adjective
    given to empty talk; windy; flatulent.

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Balmy, froth, puffie, inflate, turgidous, and ventosity are come up.

From The Poetaster by Ben Jonson

‘Barmy froth, inflate, turgidous, and ventosity are come up.’

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli

A. Because boiling water has less ventosity and is more light and subtle, the earthly and heavy substance being separated from it.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

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