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tur´gid|ly

tur|gid «TUR jihd», adjective.

1. puffed out; swollen; bloated; distended.

2. Figurative. using long words and elaborate constructions; bombastic; inflated; pompous; grandiloquent: »

turgid, scholarly harangues (Baron Charnwood).

╂[< Latin turgidus < turgēre to swell]

–tur´gid|ly, adverb.

–tur´gid|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.