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[syn: turgidly, bombastically]
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
turgidly
adv 1: in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his
theories" [syn: turgidly, bombastically]