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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Flatulent \Flat"u*lent\, a. [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr flare to blow: cf F. flatulent. See {Blow}.] 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 a["e]rial 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: flatulent adj 1: generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal 2: suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: {colicky}, {gassy}]
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