rare. [ad. L. ventōs-us (It., Sp., and Pg. ventoso, Prov. ventos, obs. F. ventous, mod.F. venteux) windy, conceited, etc., f. vent-us wind.] Windy, flatulent.
1721. Bailey, Ventose, windy, also empty, bragging, vaunting.
1867. J. Bigelow, Bench & Bar, v. 294 (Stand.). The ventose orator was confounded, and put himself and the glass down together.
1885. Huxley, in Life (1900), II. vi. 94. it is better to wind up that way than to go growling out one’s existence as a ventose hypochondriac.
