What does flative mean?
Flative means (obsolete, Early Modern, rare) Producing farts; flatulent..
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/ˈfleɪtɪv/ · adjective
(obsolete, Early Modern, rare) Producing farts; flatulent..
Artichokes[…]Please the taste: prouoke vrine and Venus: remoue flatiue humours: open obstructions: heate the entralls.
Eat not too many of those apples, they be very flative.
What though [cabbage is] windy, Pepper will reform that tempest, and appease its flative storm.
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Flative means (obsolete, Early Modern, rare) Producing farts; flatulent..
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Artichokes[…]Please the taste: prouoke vrine and Venus: remoue flatiue humours: open obstructions: heate the entralls.
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