flatulent Meaning, Definition & Usage

Flat"u*lent adjective

Etymology

L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow.

Definitions

1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.

   Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot.

3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy.
4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.

   He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden.