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flatulence|ˈflætjʊləns|
[a. F. flatulence, f. flatulent: see flatulent and -ence.]
1. gen. The condition of being charged with gas.
a1816Sheridan Sch. Scand. iii. iii. Wks. 1821 I. 77 The Spa water..has all the pertness and flatulence of Champaigne, without the spirit or flavour.
2. esp. The state or condition of having the stomach or other portion of the alimentary canal charged with gas.
1858Copland Dict. Pract. Med. I. 1044 When flatulence precedes or attends organic lesions of the stomach.
b. The tendency in various kinds of food to produce this state.
3. fig. Inflated or puffed-up condition, windiness, vanity; pomposity, pretentiousness.
1711tr. S. Werenfels' Dis. Logomachys 229 Remember to distinguish between true Sublimity of Mind and Stile, and a vain flatulence of both. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 75 ⁋10 Covert insults which serve to give vent to the flatulence of pride. |