tur·gid

(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.

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

tur·gid′i·ty, tur′gid·ness n.

tur′gid·ly adv.

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Noun

turgidness - pompously embellished language

turgidity, flatulence

long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness, windiness - boring verbosity

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