turgidity

tur·gid

T0418800 (tûr′jĭd)adj.1. Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent: turgid prose.2. Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated: a turgid bladder; turgid veins.

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[Latin turgidus, from turgēre, to be swollen.]

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tur·gid′i·ty, tur′gid·ness n.tur′gid·ly adv.

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turgidity - pompously embellished language turgidness, flatulencelong-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness, windiness - boring verbosity

turgidity

nounPretentious, pompous speech or writing:bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, rant.

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