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Turgid

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(1):

(a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.

(2):

(a.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Turgid'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/turgid.html. 1828.
 
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