'Turgidness' definitions:
Definition of 'turgidness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Pompously embellished language [syn: turgidity, turgidness, flatulence]
Definition of 'Turgidness'
From: GCIDE
- Turgid \Tur"gid\ (t[^u]r"j[i^]d), a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. [1913 Webster] -- {Tur"gid*ly}, adv. -- {Tur"gid*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]