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Turgid

Turgid Meaning & Definition
Turgid Definition And Meaning

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

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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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