turgid

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  1. adjective Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent: turgid prose.
  2. adjective Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated: a turgid bladder; turgid veins.

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  • His face grew more and more turgid, and suddenly he slammed down on the floor, gave a kick or two and lay very still A man leaned over and held his wrist. —  048 - The Derrick Devil
  • He watched as they passed over a turgid, algae-choked sea, countless miles of dense tropical jungle, and finally the foothills of enormous, rugged mountains. —  Thrilling Wonder Stories April, 1953
  • AEtat 41 The style of this work has been censured by some shallow criticks as involved and turgid, and abounding with antiquated and hard words. —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 1
  • Now, no one ever accused Stapledon of being a prose stylist, and sometimes the going gets a little turgid -- but stick with it, and when you're finished you'll wonder how one man managed to put so many concepts into a single manuscript. —  F ;SF; - vol 093 issue 04-05 - October-November 1997
  • He later informed Melrose Plant that his lady mystery-writing friend didn't have exactly the wings of Pegasus, indeed must have been writing with horse's hooves, so turgid was the plot and so asinine the policework. —  Martha Grimes - The Old Silent
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin turgidus, from turgēre, to be swollen.

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  1. from French turgide =Portuguese Italian turgido, from Latin turgidus, swollen, from turgere, swell out: see turgent.
 

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