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flatuosity

flatuosity noun: flatulence.

Noun

flatuosity (countable and uncountable, plural flatuosities)

  1. (obsolete) flatulence
    • It attenuateth[…]crude and colde humours, and flatuosities abounding in flegmatike and melancholicke persons.1600, Richard Surflet, Maison rustique, or, The countrey farme
    • The fourth cause is flatuosity : for wind stirred moveth to expel : and we find that ( in effect ) all purgers have in them a raw spirit or wind ; which is the principal cause of tortion in the stomach and belly1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted...

Forms of flatuosity

pluralflatuosities

Origin of flatuosity

Compare French flatuosité.

Questions about flatuosity

What does flatuosity mean?
Flatuosity means flatulence.
What part of speech is flatuosity?
Flatuosity is a noun.
What is the plural of flatuosity?
The plural of flatuosity is flatuosities.

Words near flatuosity in the dictionary

  1. flatulently
  2. flatulist
  3. flatulists
  4. flatulogenic
  5. flatuosities
  6. flatuosity
  7. flatuous
  8. flatus
  9. flatuses
  10. flatware
  11. flatwares

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