flatulent (flatulent)

[= F. flatulent = Sp. Pg. It. flatulento, Flatulent accumulation in the intestines may be due to putrefaction of the food. Lankester, Med. Guide, p. 165. ... IMG:content-1462.png:[blocks in formation] Arbuthnot , Aliments, vi. 4. Empty; vain; pretentious; without substance or reality; puffed up: as, flatulent vanity. The age of a pa ion is not long, and, the flatulent spirit being breathed the man begins to abate of his heats. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 692. His [Ta o's] story is not so pleasing as Ariosto's; he is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden, Orig. and Prog. of Satire. flatulently (flat'u-lent-li), adv . In a flatulent manner; windily; emptily.