Category:Turgid

Tur"gid, a. Etym: [l. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]

1. 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. A bladder. . . held near the fire grew turgid. Boyle.

2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; Pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. -- tur"gid*ly, adv. -- tur"gid*ness, n.