turgid 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
ostentatiously lofty in style
Examples
- 1.a man given to large talk
- 2.tumid political prose
Pertainym (pertains to noun)
turgidly 1
adverb
in a turgid manner
EnglishDerivationally related form
turgidity 1
noun
pompously embellished language
turgidness 1
noun
pompously embellished language
Similar_to
rhetorical 2
adjective
given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
