† flatuosityn.
/ˌflatjuːˈɒsɪti/ Obsolete.
The state or condition of being ‘flatuous’.
1.
a. = flatulence n. 2.
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windc1000
ventosity1398
ventosities1422
ventosenessa1425
windinessc1450
blastinga1475
flatulentness1563
flatuosity1600
flatuousness1600
pursiness1607
flatea1644
sufflature1660
flatulency1661
flatus1669
flatulence1858
gaseosity1968
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique vi. xxii. 777 It attenuateth..crude and colde humours, and flatuosities abounding in flegmatike and melancholicke persons.
1675 J. Love Clavis Med. (new ed.) xxiii. 45 Remove that flatuosity, which is the cause of thy Disease.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Apoplexes Caused either by..Phlegm, Melancholy, Flatuosity, or Choler.
1884 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Flatuosity, flatulence, the development of gas in the interior of the body.
b. Tendency to cause flatulence.
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flatulency1599
flatuosity1708
1708 Brit. Apollo 28–30 July It is..added to windy Aliments to correct their flatuosity.
2. concrete. A quantity of wind, air, or gas.
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flatuosity1597
1597 P. Lowe Art Chirurg. (1634) 108 Oedema, which is, the flatuosities dispersed in other parts musculous.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 21 If this flatuositie [L. flatus] or vapour doe struggle and wrestle within the cloud, from thence it commeth that thunderclaps be heard.
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