Meaning of ventosity | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being windy or flatulent; windiness or flatulence.
   uncountable, usually
2. vainglory; pride.
   broadly, uncountable, usually

Examples

“On the one hand, a sternness and a coarseness of structure⟳ which changes its stem into a stake, and its leaf into a spine; on the other, an utter flaccidity and ventosity of structure⟳, which changes its stem into a riband, and its leaf into a bubble.”

“Both of them were youths of a Sprightly Genius, and of an Alert Apprehension, attended, in the case of GRANDOLPH, with a mighty heat and ebullition of Fancy, which led early to a certain frothiness or ventosity in speech.”

“And surely no small number⟳ of those who are of a solid nature, and who, from the want⟳ of this ventosity, cannot spread⟳ all sail⟳ in pursuit of their own⟳ honour, suffer⟳ some prejudice and lose⟳ dignity by their moderation."”

“Seek⟳ something better than ventosity beneath the sky.”

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