Meaning of TURGID
| Pronunciation: | | 'turjid
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | bloated, bombastic, declamatory, distended, large, orotund, puffed, puffy, rhetorical, swollen, tumescent, tumid, unhealthy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| Biology Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Swollen due to high fluid content. Compare flaccid. |
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