Relating to or characterized by excessive gas in the intestines; also means pretentious or inflated in manner or speech.
From Latin 'flatulentus' (from 'flatus,' wind), meaning literally 'full of wind.' The metaphorical sense of 'inflated' or 'pompous' comes from the idea of something puffed up with air.
This word brilliantly shows how a digestive problem became a metaphor for pompousness—calling someone 'flatulent' in their speech means they're 'full of hot air,' puffed up with empty words!
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