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tur⋅gid

  [tur-jid]
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–adjective
1. swollen; distended; tumid.
2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.
Origin:
1660–70; < L turgidus, equiv. to turg(ēre) to swell + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
tur⋅gid⋅i⋅ty, tur⋅gid⋅ness, noun
tur⋅gid⋅ly, adverb
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tur·gid   (tûr'jĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent: turgid prose.

  2. Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated: a turgid bladder; turgid veins.


[Latin turgidus, from turgēre, to be swollen.]
tur·gid'i·ty, tur'gid·ness n., tur'gid·ly 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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: tur·gid
Pronunciation: 't&r-j&d
Function: adjective
: being in a normal or abnormal state of distension : SWOLLEN, TUMID <turgid limbs> <turgidliving cells>

Main Entry: tur·gid·i·ty
Pronunciation: "t&r-'jid-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
: thequality or state of being turgid : condition of being swollen turgidity>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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