a. [ L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow. ] 1. Affected with flatus{ 2 } or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ] Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. [ 1913 Webster ] He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
