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   turgid

   /ˈtəːdʒɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. swollen and distended or congested: "a turgid and fast-moving river" Similar swollencongestedin spatein flood
   • 2. (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic: "some turgid verses on the death of Prince Albert" Similar bombasticpompousoverblownoverripeinflatedhigh-flownaffectedpretentiousgrandiosefloridfloweryornatemagniloquentgrandiloquentrhetoricaloratoricalorotundstodgyponderouslabouredstrainedstiltedinformal:highfalutinpurplewindyrare:tumideuphuisticfustiansesquipedalianOssianicOpposite simpleplain

   Word Origin early 17th century: from Latin turgidus, from turgere ‘to swell’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. turgidity noun
   • 2. turgidly adverb
   • 3. turgidness noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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