3 definitions
for Flatulent
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Flatulent \Flat"u*lent\, a. [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris
windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent.
See Blow.]
1. Affected with flatus[2] or gases generated in the
alimentary canal; windy.
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2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
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Vegetables abound more with a["e]rial particles than
animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. --Quincy.
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4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty;
vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
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He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too
dry. --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
flatulent
adj 1: generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
2: suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: colicky,
gassy]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "flatulent":
bloated, blown up, bombastic, dilated, distended, dropsical,
edematous, ejaculative, ejective, empty, enchymatous, eructative,
expulsive, extrusive, fat, formal, fustian, gassy, grandiloquent,
hollow, incrassate, inflated, mouthy, overblown, plethoric,
pompous, pontifical, puffed up, puffy, pursy, self-important,
shallow, solemn, stilted, stuffy, superficial, swelled, swollen,
tumescent, tumid, turgescent, turgid, vain, ventose, vomitive,
vomitory, windy
