flative

F4L1A1T1I1V4E1
UK/ˈfleɪtɪv/

adjective

Producing farts; flatulent.

OriginLatin flātīvus →
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Meanings

adjectiveflative (comparative more flative, superlative most flative)

comparative more flative · superlative most flative

  1. EarlyModernobsoleterareProducing farts; flatulent.

    Eat not too many of those apples, they be very flative.

    1607, Antony Brewer, Lingua
    2 more examples

    Artichokes[…]Please the taste: prouoke vrine and Venus: remoue flatiue humours: open obstructions: heate the entralls.

    1599, Henry Butts, Dyets dry dinner

    What though [cabbage is] windy, Pepper will reform that tempest, and appease its flative storm.

    1659, Edmund Gayton, “XXX. Of Herbs and Plants”, in The art of longevity, page 63

Origin

  1. Latinflātīvus
  2. Englishflative

From the Latin flātīvus, from flō (“to blow”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with flative

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APA

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MLA

“flative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flative.

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