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Ventose

[ven-tohs]

adjective Archaic.

given to empty talk; windy; flatulent.

Origin:
1715–25; < Latin ventōsus windy, equivalent to vent(us) wind¹ + -ōsus -ose¹

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[ven-tos-i-tee] , noun

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noun

(in the French Revolutionary calendar) the sixth month of the year, extending from February 19 to March 20.

Origin:
< French < Latin ventōsus; see ventose

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ventose
noun
sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month

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