† flatuosity Obs.
(ˌflætjuːˈɒsɪtɪ)
[ad. F. flatuosité, f. flatueux: see flatuous and -ity.]
The state or condition of being ‘flatuous’.
1. = flatulence 2.
| 1600 Surflet Countrie Farme vi. xxii. 777 It attenuateth..crude and colde humours, and flatuosities abounding in flegmatike and melancholicke persons. 1675 J. Love Clavis Med. 45 Remove that flatuosity, which is the cause of thy Disease. 1727 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Apoplexes, Caused either by..Phlegm, Melancholy, Flatuosity, or Choler. 1884 Syd. Soc. Lex., Flatuosity, flatulence, the development of gas in the interior of the body. |
b. Tendency to cause flatulence.
| 1708 Brit. Apollo No. 49. 2/1 It is..added to windy Aliments to correct their flatuosity. |
2. concr. A quantity of wind, air, or gas.
| 1597 Lowe Chirurg. (1634) 108 Oedema, which is, the flatuosities dispersed in other parts musculous. 1601 Holland Pliny I. 21 If this flatuositie [L. flatus] or vapour doe struggle and wrestle within the cloud, from thence it commeth that thunderclaps be heard. |