turgid

[ tur-jid ]

/ ˈtɜr dʒɪd /

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adjective

swollen; distended; tumid.

inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.

Words nearby turgid

turfy, turgenev, turgent, turgescence, turgescent, turgid, turgite, turgor, turgor pressure, turgot, turin

Origin of turgid

1660–70; < Latin turgidus, equivalent to turg(ēre) to swell + -idus -id⁴

OTHER WORDS FROM turgid

tur·gid·i·ty, tur·gid·ness, nountur·gid·ly, adverbun·tur·gid, adjectiveun·tur·gid·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH turgid

torpid turbid turgid

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Examples from the Web for turgid

Smith faxed a turgid apologia over to Bullock on Sunday, a mere three weeks after her relationship with James came to light.
When Mistresses Attack!|Rebecca Dana|April 26, 2010|DAILY BEAST
His familiar style was dry and turgid: if the style exhibit the man, how I pity M. de Blacas!
Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I|Fleury de Chaboulon.
Here they dropped to a walk as they splashed their way through the turgid stream.
The Twins of Suffering Creek|Ridgwell Cullum
In what raptures have I seen an audience, at the furious fustian and turgid rants in Nat.
The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor|Samuel James Arnold

Their turgid rhetoric and exaggerated pretence did not seem natural to him.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War V1|Jacob Dolson Cox
Miss Francis pierced his turgid explanation with a sharp spate of words in what I took to be German.
Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore

British Dictionary definitions for turgid

turgid

/ (ˈtɜːdʒɪd) /

adjective

swollen and distended; congested

(of style or language) pompous and high-flown; bombastic

Derived forms of turgid

turgidity or turgidness, nounturgidly, adverb

Word Origin for turgid

C17: from Latin turgidus, from turgēre to swell

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Medicine definitions for turgid

turgid

[ tûr′jĭd ]

adj.

Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated; tumid.

turgid

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adjective

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adj.