Etymology: < Latin ventōsusventoseadj. + -alsuffix1.
Obsolete. rare.
Performed or done by the wind.
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Aeolian1598
ventilary1683
ventosal1782
1782 W. HooperRational Recreations (ed. 2) II. 209 A ventosal symphony. At the top of a summer-house, or other building, freely exposed to the wind, let there be fixed [etc.].
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