turgid
[tur-jid]
- swollen; distended; tumid.
- inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic: turgid language.
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Origin of turgid
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Contemporary Examples
Why not go for the polar opposite of a turgid straight white guy?
Smith faxed a turgid apologia over to Bullock on Sunday, a mere three weeks after her relationship with James came to light.
Historical Examples
In what turgid melodrama does not just such an episode occur?
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
Here it flowed a sluggish, turgid stream, so sullen, so heavy.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
I held her as though all life's turgid danger were powerless to touch us.
With a sweep of his arm the man indicated the surface of the turgid flood.
Prairie FlowersJames B. Hendryx
Most of it is turgid, lumpy, fuzzy in texture, squalid in intellect.
PipefulsChristopher Morley
turgid
- swollen and distended; congested
- (of style or language) pompous and high-flown; bombastic
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin turgidus, from turgēre to swell
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Word Origin and History for turgid
adj.
1610s, from Latin turgidus "swollen, inflated," from turgere "to swell," of unknown origin. Figurative use in reference to prose is from 1725. Related: Turgidly; turgidness.
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turgid
(tûr′jĭd)- Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated; tumid.
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