† ventuousadj.
Obsolete.
Windy, flatulent. Some other instances of the word in the same work ( v. lx. and xvii. clxxxvi.) are due to mistranslation of the Latin text.
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a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xix. liv. 1319 Raw hony not wel yclarified is swiþe ventuous, and bredeþ swellyng and grollynge in þe wombe.
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