ventosity
ventosity noun: the quality or state of being windy or flatulent; windiness or flatulence.
Noun
ventosity (usually uncountable, plural ventosities)
- 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
- 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
- And surely no small number of those who are of a solid nature, and who, from the want of this ventosity, cannot spread all sail in pursuit of their own honour, suffer some prejudice and lose dignity by their moderation."1907, John Morley, Studies in Literature
Forms of ventosity
| plural | ventosities |
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Origin of ventosity
From ventose + -ity, from Latin ventositas.
Questions about ventosity
- What does ventosity mean?
- Ventosity means the quality or state of being windy or flatulent; windiness or flatulence.
- What part of speech is ventosity?
- Ventosity is a noun.
- What is the plural of ventosity?
- The plural of ventosity is ventosities.
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