2012_05_27 Ventose adj. 給空談;大風。Given to empty talk; windy.

Word of the Day for Sunday, May 27, 2012
ventose \VEN-tohs\, adjective:
Given to empty talk; windy.
Anyhow, it is better to wind up that way than to go growling out one's existence as a ventose hypochondriac.
 -- Thomas Henry Huxley, Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
The ventose orator was confounded, and put himself and his glass down together.
 -- L. J. Bigelow, Bench and Bar
First used in English in the 1700s, ventose is derived from the Latin word for wind, "vent."
給空談;大風。

總之，它是更好的風，比去咆哮了一個人的存在作為ventose脅痛。
- 托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎，生活和托馬斯·亨利·赫胥黎的書

被混淆的ventose的演說家，並把自己和他的玻璃一起。
- L. J.比奇洛，長凳和酒吧

在1700年，在英語中首次使用ventose來自風，拉丁詞“發洩。”

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