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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Turgid \Tur"gid\ (t[^u]r"j[i^]d), 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.
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A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
--Boyle.
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2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious;
bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
[1913 Webster] -- {Tur"gid*ly}, adv. -- {Tur"gid*ness}, n.
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