Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗verb
To emit digestive gases from the anus; to flatulate. · To emit (fumes, gases, etc.).
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAn emission of digestive gases from the anus; a flatus. · An irritating person; a fool. · One who is inflexibly meticulous.
From Middle English ferten, farten, from Old English *feortan, from Proto-West Germanic *fertan, from Proto-Germanic *fertaną, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-. The noun is from Middle English fert, fart, from the verb.
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