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  • 71Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …

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  • 72Inelegance — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inelegance >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inelegance inelegance Sgm: N 1 stiffness stiffness &c. >Adj. =>unlettered Muse Sgm: N 1 unlettered Muse unlettered Muse =>(Gray) Sgm: N 1 barbarism barbarism Sgm …

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  • 73Ostentation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ostentation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ostentation ostentation display show flourish parade etalage pomp array state solemnity Sgm: N 1 dash dash splash sp …

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  • 74turgor — 1876, from L.L. turgor, from turgere to swell (see TURGID (Cf. turgid)) …

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  • 75puffy — a. 1. Swelled, swollen, tumid, turgid, puffed out, distended. 2. Bombastic, inflated, extravagant, turgid, tumid, pompous …

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  • 76tumid — a. 1. Swollen, swelled, enlarged, distended, puffed up, turgid. 2. Protuberant, swelling. 3. Bombastic, turgid, swelling, pompous, inflated, stilted, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, high flown, puffy, falsely sublime, grandiose, fustian,… …

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  • 77bloat — I. v. a. Swell, inflate, distend, dilate, puff up, blow up, make turgid. II. v. n. Swell, dilate, be swollen, be inflated or distended, be puffed or blown up, become turgid …

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  • 78turgescent — [tər jes′ənt] adj. [L turgescens, prp. of turgescere, to swell up: see TURGID & ESCENT] becoming turgid or swollen; swelling turgescence n. turgescency …

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  • 79bombastically — adverb 1. in a turgid manner he lectured bombastically about his theories • Syn: ↑turgidly • Derived from adjective: ↑bombastic, ↑turgid (for: ↑turgidly) 2. in a gra …

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  • 80flatulence — noun 1. a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal • Syn: ↑flatulency, ↑gas • Derivationally related forms: ↑gassy (for: ↑gas), ↑flatulent (for: ↑ …

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