turgidnessn.

Etymology: < turgid adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈturgidness.

The quality of being turgid; = turgidity n.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style

inflation1603

windinessa1613

ranting1633

tumoura1639

turgency1654

tympany1680

swell1744

turgidity1756

turgidness1757

tumidity1791

ráiméis1828

mouthiness1830

spread-eagleism1858

inflatedness1867

ampullosity1869

telegraphese1870

mouthing1876

Barnumese1889

intumescence1893

1757 Bp. W. Warburton Let. 15 Jan. (1809) 227 The turgidness of a young scribbler.

1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. i. 2 A general turgidness of diction, and a profusion of new~coined double epithets.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 43 That strange flighty turgidness of style which Urquhart had caught by working so much on Rabelais.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	turgidness
释义	turgidnessn. Etymology: < turgid adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈturgidness. The quality of being turgid; = turgidity n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style inflation1603 windinessa1613 ranting1633 tumoura1639 turgency1654 tympany1680 swell1744 turgidity1756 turgidness1757 tumidity1791 ráiméis1828 mouthiness1830 spread-eagleism1858 inflatedness1867 ampullosity1869 telegraphese1870 mouthing1876 Barnumese1889 intumescence1893 1757 Bp. W. Warburton Let. 15 Jan. (1809) 227 The turgidness of a young scribbler. 1817 S. T. Coleridge Biogr. Lit. i. 2 A general turgidness of diction, and a profusion of new~coined double epithets. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 43 That strange flighty turgidness of style which Urquhart had caught by working so much on Rabelais. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1757
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