Flăt'ū-lent, a.
(flăt′/yū-lent), a. [N. Lat. flatulentus, from Lat. flatus, a blowing, flatus ventris, windiness, flatulence, from flare, to blow; Fr. flatulent, Sp. flatulento.]
Sense 1. Affected with gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.
Sense 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.
Sense 3. Turgid with air; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy.
Sense 4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent writer; flatulent vanity. [Obs.] Glanville.