Flatulent Definition

flăchə-lənt
adjective
Of, afflicted with, or caused by flatulence.
American Heritage
Of or having gas in the stomach or intestines.
Webster's New World
Inducing or generating flatulence.
American Heritage Medicine
Producing gas in the stomach or intestines, as certain foods.
Webster's New World
Windy or empty in speech; pompous; pretentious.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Flatulent

  • French from Latin flātus fart flatus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French flatulent

    From Wiktionary

Flatulent Sentence Examples

  • Flatulent distension in the stomach or bowels is partly due to air which has been swallowed and partly to gas which has been formed by the decomposition of food.

  • It is for these cryptic and often flatulent bits of ' thinking ' that the book was so badly received when it first appeared.

  • Deficient nervous action also leads to defective secretion and movement in the intestine, sometimes with flatulent accumula tion and sometimes with constipation.

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