turgidity

turgidity
turgid ADJECTIVE 1) swollen and distended or congested. 2) (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic.
DERIVATIVES turgidity noun turgidly adverb.
ORIGIN Latin turgidus, from turgere 'to swell' .

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  • Turgidity — Tur*gid i*ty, n. The quality or state of being turgid. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • turgidity — index bombast, inflation (increase) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • turgidity — tur·gid·i·ty .tər jid ət ē n, pl ties the quality or state of being turgid: condition of being swollen <breast turgidity> …   Medical dictionary

  • turgidity — noun see turgid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • turgidity — See turgid. * * * …   Universalium

  • turgidity — noun the state or quality of being turgid …   Wiktionary

  • turgidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, rant. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS …   English dictionary for students

  • turgidity — tur·gid·i·ty || tÉœr dʒɪdÉ™tɪ /tɜː n. state of being turgid; pompousness in language …   English contemporary dictionary

  • turgidity — n. 1. Swelling, distention, turgescence, turgidness. 2. Bombast, inflation, turgidness, grandiloquence, pompous style …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • turgidity — n 1. swelling, bloatedness, puffiness, turgescence, tumidity, intumescence, tumefaction, ballooning; distention, expansion, extension, enlargement; dilation, dilatation, inflation, Pathol. aneurysm, Pathol. varix. 2. bombast, grandiosity,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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