Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, afflicted with, or caused by flatulence.
- adjective Inducing or generating flatulence.
- adjective Pompous; bloated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Windy; affected with gases generated in the stomach or some other portion of the alimentary canal.
- Turgid with air; windy: as, a flatulent tumor.
- Generating or apt to generate wind in the stomach.
- Empty; vain; pretentious; without substance or reality; puffed up: as, flatulent vanity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affected with flatus{2} or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
- adjective Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
- adjective Turgid with flatus.
- adjective Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Affected by
gas in theintestine ; likely tofart . - adjective obsolete
Vain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- adjective suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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