flatulent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
  2. adjective satellite suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
    colicky; gassy.

WordNet

Flat"u*lent adjective
Etymology
L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow.
Definitions
  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 aërial 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.

Webster 1913