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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The quality or state of being windy or flatulent; windiness or flatulence..
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.
Use ventosity when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ventosity means The quality or state of being windy or flatulent; windiness or flatulence..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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