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ventosities

ventosities is the plural of ventosity.

Meaning of ventosity

Noun

ventosity (usually uncountable, plural ventosities)

  1. (usually) The quality or state of being windy or flatulent; windiness or flatulence.
    • On the one hand, a sternness and a coarseness of structure which changes its stem into a stake, and its leaf into a spine; on the other, an utter flaccidity and ventosity of structure, which changes its stem into a riband, and its leaf into a bubble.1888, John Ruskin, Proserpina, Volume 1
  2. (broadly, usually) vainglory; pride.
    • Both of them were youths of a Sprightly Genius, and of an Alert Apprehension, attended, in the case of GRANDOLPH, with a mighty heat and ebullition of Fancy, which led early to a certain frothiness or ventosity in speech.1891, Various, Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 101, November 7, 1891

Questions about ventosities

What is ventosities the plural of?
Ventosities is the plural of ventosity.

Words near ventosities in the dictionary

  1. ventometer
  2. ventometers
  3. Ventos
  4. ventose
  5. ventoses
  6. ventosities
  7. ventosity
  8. ventouse
  9. ventoused
  10. ventouses
  11. ventousing

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