单词 | flatulence |
释义 | flatulencen. 1. gen. The condition of being charged with gas. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > [noun] > state of being pervaded by or charged with flatulencea1816 gassiness1869 a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iii. iii, in Wks. (1821) II. 77 The Spa water..has all the pertness and flatulence of Champaigne, without the spirit or flavour. 2. a. esp. The state or condition of having the stomach or other portion of the alimentary canal charged with gas. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > flatulence windc1000 ventosity1398 ventosities1422 ventosenessa1425 windinessc1450 blastinga1475 flatulentness1563 flatuosity1600 flatuousness1600 pursiness1607 flatea1644 sufflature1660 flatulency1661 flatus1669 flatulence1858 gaseosity1968 1858 J. Copland Dict. Pract. Med. I. 1045/2 When flatulence precedes or attends organic lesions of the stomach. b. The tendency in various kinds of food to produce this state. 3. figurative. Inflated or puffed-up condition, windiness, vanity; pomposity, pretentiousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > pretension to superiority > [noun] pensifulnessc1450 affectation1548 affection1570 affectedness1622 lady aira1637 fastuousness1649 gentility1650 fastuosity1656 vapouring1656 flatulency1662 hoity-toity1668 pretendingness1701 with an air1701 pretension1706 flatulence1711 uppishness1716 high and mightiness1771 pensieness1825 fine-gentlemanism1831 pretentiousness1838 ambitiousness1845 stuckupishness1853 pretensiveness1859 notion1866 side1870 dog1871 hoity-toityism1881 superiority complex1921 snootiness1932 uppitiness1935 snottiness1973 snoot1984 swag2002 1711 tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Meteors Stile in tr. S. Werenfels Disc. Logomachys 229 Remember to distinguish between true Sublimity of Mind and Stile, and a vain flatulence of both. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 75. ⁋10 Covert insults which serve to give vent to the flatulence of pride. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1711 |
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