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  1. 1. a. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. Source: opted
  3. 3. adj. ostentatiously lofty in style Source: wordnet
  4. 4. adj. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas Source: wordnet
  5. 5. 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. Source: webster
  6. 6. j:100 s ostentatiously lofty in style s abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas Source: ecdict

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