inflatus

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He described himself as a victim of "the inflatus of oratory" and a "veritable peripatetic bifurcated volcano."

From Time Magazine Archive

S. montanus seems not to be closely related to S. inflatus of Tamaulipas.

From Two New Moles (Genus Scalopus) from Mexico and Texas by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)

Murders that cannot find room elsewhere are perpetrated in dumb-show, ghosts within the wings cry out Vindicta!, and the leading characters suffer the usual inflatus of windy rant to make their dimensions more kingly.

From The Growth of English Drama by Wynne, Arnold

The two species, G. tropicalis and S. inflatus, are fossorial and for this reason probably were able to resist inhospitable climates better than non-burrowing species.

From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul

What god, with his caressing inflatus, hath tossed back thy dishevelled curls?

From A Reckless Character And Other Stories by Hapgood, Isabel Florence