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flatus

noun
/ˈfleɪtəs/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin flātus (“blowing, wind, fart”). First attested in the 1660s–1670s.

  1. learned borrowing from flātus — “blowing, wind, fart”

Definitions

  1. Gas generated in the digestive tract.

    • This expression is utterly devoid of meaning, a mere flatus vocis.

  2. Expulsion of such gas through the anus.

    • The point of quoque with illos is that those flatus, which have the right to be called winds, are also subject to laws like the winds themselves.

  3. Morbid inflation or swelling.

The neighborhood

Derived

antiflatus, flatuency

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at flatus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at flatus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at flatus

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA