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† flatuosity Obs.|ˌflætjuːˈɒsɪtɪ|
[ad. F. flatuosité, f. flatueux: see flatuous and -ity.]
The state or condition of being ‘flatuous’.
1. = flatulence 2.
1600Surflet Countrie Farme vi. xxii. 777 It attenuateth..crude and colde humours, and flatuosities abounding in flegmatike and melancholicke persons. 1675J. Love Clavis Med. 45 Remove that flatuosity, which is the cause of thy Disease. 1727Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Apoplexes, Caused either by..Phlegm, Melancholy, Flatuosity, or Choler. 1884Syd. Soc. Lex., Flatuosity, flatulence, the development of gas in the interior of the body.
b. Tendency to cause flatulence.
1708Brit. Apollo No. 49. 2/1 It is..added to windy Aliments to correct their flatuosity.
2. concr. A quantity of wind, air, or gas.
1597Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 108 Oedema, which is, the flatuosities dispersed in other parts musculous. 1601Holland Pliny I. 21 If this flatuositie [L. flatus] or vapour doe struggle and wrestle within the cloud, from thence it commeth that thunderclaps be heard. |