n. [ L., fr. afflare. See Afflation. ] 1. A breath or blast of wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A divine impartation of knowledge; supernatural impulse; inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

A poet writing against his genius will be like a prophet without his afflatus. Spence. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. flatulence. ] The state or quality of being flatulent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow. ] 1. Affected with flatus{ 2 } or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flatulent manner; with flatulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. flatuosité. ] Flatulence. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. flatueux. ] Windy; generating wind. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Flatuses L. Flatus. [ L., fr. flare to blow. ] 1. A breath; a puff of wind. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gas generated in the stomach, intestine, or other cavities of the body. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Inflate, v. t. ] A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

The divine breath that blows the nostrils out
To ineffable inflatus. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]