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proˈflated, ppl. a. nonce-wd. [f. L. prōflāt-us, pa. pple. of prōflāre to blow forth, puff out (f. prō, pro-1 + flāre to blow) + -ed1.] Puffed out by blowing.
1817Coleridge Biog. Lit. xxiii. (1882) 287 Preparing the audience for the most surprising series of wry faces, proflated mouths, and lunatic gestures that were ever ‘launched’ on an audience to ‘sear the sense’. |