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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[2] or gases generated in the
alimentary canal; windy.
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2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
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Vegetables abound more with a["e]rial particles than
animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent.
--Arbuthnot.
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3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. --Quincy.
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4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty;
vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
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He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too
dry. --Dryden.
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