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   flat·u·lent

   /ˈflaCHələnt/

   adjective

   • 1. suffering from or marked by an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal: "treat flatulent cows with caustic soda"
   • ▪ related to or causing an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal: "the flatulent effect of beans"
   • ▪ inflated or pretentious in speech or writing: "the days of flatulent oratory are gone"

   Word Origin late 16th century: via French from modern Latin flatulentus, from Latin flatus ‘blowing’ (see flatus).

   Derivatives

   • 1. flatulently adverb

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