turgidity
1Turgidity — Tur*gid i*ty, n. The quality or state of being turgid. [1913 Webster] …
2turgidity — index bombast, inflation (increase) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
3turgidity — tur·gid·i·ty .tər jid ət ē n, pl ties the quality or state of being turgid: condition of being swollen <breast turgidity> …
4turgidity — 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 …
5turgidity — noun see turgid …
6turgidity — See turgid. * * * …
7turgidity — noun the state or quality of being turgid …
8turgidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, rant. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS …
9turgidity — tur·gid·i·ty || tÉœr dʒɪdÉ™tɪ /tÉœË n. state of being turgid; pompousness in language …
10turgidity — n. 1. Swelling, distention, turgescence, turgidness. 2. Bombast, inflation, turgidness, grandiloquence, pompous style …
