flatulence
/'flætjuləns/ Cách viết khác : (flatulency) /'flætjulənsi/
Definition
- Noun:
- A state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal: The condition of having an excessive amount of gas in the stomach or intestines.
- Pompously embellished language: Speech or writing that is overly elaborate, pretentious, and ultimately empty or insubstantial.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Medical):
- Eating beans can sometimes cause flatulence.
- The patient complained of abdominal pain and flatulence.
- Noun (Linguistic/Rhetorical):
- The politician's speech was criticized for its flatulence and lack of concrete proposals.
- Academic flatulence can obscure the real meaning of a text.
Advanced Usage
- "Intellectual flatulence": Used to describe ideas or arguments that are inflated and lack real substance.
- The debate was filled with intellectual flatulence, offering more heat than light.
Variants and Related Words
Flatulent (adj):
- Suffering from or causing excessive gas in the alimentary canal.
- (Of speech or writing) Inflated and pretentious.
- He felt flatulent after the large meal.
- The article was dismissed as flatulent prose.
Flatulency (n): A less common variant of flatulence with the same meanings.
Synonyms
- For the medical condition: Gas, bloating, tympanites.
- For the rhetorical style: Bombast, grandiloquence, turgidity, verbosity, pomposity.
Related Idioms
- "Full of hot air": This idiom is conceptually related to the rhetorical meaning of , describing someone who talks a lot but says little of value.
- Don't listen to him; he's just full of hot air.
Noun
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pompously embellished language
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a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
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