turgid
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dʒɪd adjective
1.
swollen; distended; tumid.
2.
inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.
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turgid (ˈtɜːdʒɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | swollen and distended; congested |
| 2. | (of style or language) pompous and high-flown; bombastic |
| [C17: from Latin turgidus, from turgēre to swell] | |
| tur'gidity | |
| —n | |
| 'turgidness | |
| —n | |
| 'turgidly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
turgid
1620, from L. turgidus "swollen, inflated," from turgere "to swell," of unknown origin. Fig. use in reference to prose is from 1725.
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Medical Dictionary
turgid tur·gid (tûr'jĭd)
adj.
Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated; tumid.
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Example sentences
The story inclines to be too turgid, eccentric, and overwrought.
Also, read the turgid in-room diaries of past occupants' amorous adventures.
Basically by the xylem in woody plants, and by turgid plant cells in non-woody plants.
Erikson's writing is highly compressed and rather turgid.
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