Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Windy; flatulent.
- noun A cuppingglass.
- noun The sixth month of the year, according to the French revolutionary calendar, beginning (in 1791) February 19th, and ending March 20th.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A ventouse.
- noun The sixth month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began February 19, and ended March 20. See
vendémiaire . - adjective Windy; flatulent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month
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Windy; flatulent. The Thrash-Maker™?
May 11, 2008