flatulent
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adjective \-lənt\Definition of FLATULENT
1
a : likely to cause gas b : marked by or affected with gas generated in the intestine or stomach
2
: pompously or portentously overblown
— flat·u·lent·ly adverb
Examples of FLATULENT
- <on election night TV's self-important pundits let loose a fusillade of flatulent pontifications>
Origin of FLATULENT
Middle French, from Latin flatus act of blowing, wind, from flare to blow — more at blow
First Known Use: 1599
Related to FLATULENT
- Synonyms
- bombastic, rhetorical, fustian, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, oratorical, orotund, windy
- Antonyms
- unrhetorical
flat·u·lent
adjective \-lənt\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of FLATULENT
1
: marked by or affected with gases generated in the intestine or stomach
2
: likely to cause digestive flatulence
—flat·u·lent·ly adverb
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