About The Word Turgid
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Turgid
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What's The Definition Of Turgid?
[adj] abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
[adj] ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" Synonyms | Synonyms for Turgid: bloated | bombastic | declamatory | distended | large | orotund | puffed | puffy | rhetorical | swollen | tumescent | tumid | unhealthy Related Terms | Find terms related to Turgid: See Also | Turgid In Webster's Dictionary \Tur"gid\, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent
or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated;
tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the
body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit.
A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
--Boyle.
2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious;
bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. --
{Tur"gid*ly}, adv. -- {Tur"gid*ness}, n.
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