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turgidity

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tur·gid  (tûrjd)
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 turgre, to be swollen.]
tur·gidi·ty, turgid·ness n.
turgid·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.turgidity - pompously embellished languageturgidity - pompously embellished language      
turgidness, flatulence
long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, wordiness, windiness - boring verbosity
Translations
turgidity [tɜːˈdʒɪdɪtɪ] N [of prose etc] → rimbombancia f
turgidity
n (lit) → Schwellung f; (fig, of style) → Schwülstigkeit f; the turgidity of this writer’s style → der schwülstige Stil dieses Schriftstellers
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