Flatulent
/ˈflætʃ.ʊ.lənt/noun
Producing or full of gas; also, offensively or pompously talkative.
Did you know?The Latin ancestor, *flatuentem*, comes from *flare* (“to blow”), so the word’s oldest image is not shame — it’s wind, breath, and force moving through the body.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bʰleu̯-
“to blow, swell, or puff”
Latin
Latin
flare
“to blow”
Latin
Latin
flatuentem
“blowing; windy, gassy”
Middle English
English
flatulent
“windy; full of gas”
Modern English
English
flatulent
“producing intestinal gas; pompously verbose”