Flat"u*lent (?), a. [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow.] 1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach.
Vegetables abound more with aerial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent.
Arbuthnot.
3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor.
Quincy.
4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity.
He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry.
Dryden.
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