turgidness

Noun
Synonyms: turgidityflatulence

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. pompously embellished languageSynonyms: turgidityflatulence
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.— Boyle.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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