turgidity

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.

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

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tur·gidi·ty, turgid·ness n.

turgid·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

turgidity - 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