turgidity
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Turgidity — Tur*gid i*ty, n. The quality or state of being turgid. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turgidity — index bombast, inflation (increase) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
turgidity — tur·gid·i·ty .tər jid ət ē n, pl ties the quality or state of being turgid: condition of being swollen <breast turgidity> … Medical dictionary
turgidity — turgid ► ADJECTIVE 1) swollen and distended or congested. 2) (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic. DERIVATIVES turgidity noun turgidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin turgidus, from turgere to swell … English terms dictionary
turgidity — noun see turgid … New Collegiate Dictionary
turgidity — noun the state or quality of being turgid … Wiktionary
turgidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, rant. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS … English dictionary for students
turgidity — tur·gid·i·ty || tÉœr dʒɪdÉ™tɪ /tÉœË n. state of being turgid; pompousness in language … English contemporary dictionary
turgidity — n. 1. Swelling, distention, turgescence, turgidness. 2. Bombast, inflation, turgidness, grandiloquence, pompous style … New dictionary of synonyms
turgidity — n 1. swelling, bloatedness, puffiness, turgescence, tumidity, intumescence, tumefaction, ballooning; distention, expansion, extension, enlargement; dilation, dilatation, inflation, Pathol. aneurysm, Pathol. varix. 2. bombast, grandiosity,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
