turgid

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turgid

/ˈtɜːd͡ʒɪd/ Australia, UK
/ˈtəːd͡ʒɪd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd/ US
/ˈtʌɾd͡ʒɪd/ Scotland
/ˈtøːd͡ʒəd/ New Zealand
/ˈtøːd͡ʒɪd/ Wales
/ˈteːd͡ʒɪd/
/ˈtɛːd͡ʒɪd/

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From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).

adjective more turgid · most turgid

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force. I have a turgid limb.
Similar: bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgescent, boln, bulging, bulled, extuberant
Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen. The Jiet River lay before them, as thick and turgid as a gorged snake, its crosshatched surface reflecting the same ghastly hue that pervaded the Burning Plains.
of language or style Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic. These were all basic tenets, but the principals wrote them down as if they had never heard them before—and maybe they hadn’t, or at least not for many years. Perhaps that’s why bureaucratic prose becomes so turgid, whatever the bureaucracy.
Similar: bombastic, grandiose, pompous

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adj distended beyond natural state

Español	turgente, túrgido
Português	túrgido
Français	turgide
Deutsch	geschwollen, aufgeblasen, angeschwollen
Italiano	turgido
Русский	опу́хший opúxšij

adj pompous or bombastic

Português	empolado
Deutsch	geschwollen, aufgeblasen, schwülstig
Русский	напы́щенный napýščennyj, помпе́зный pompéznyj

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@misc{turgid_2026,
  title = {turgid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turgid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}