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Definition of Turgid

1. Adjective. Ostentatiously lofty in style. "Tumid political prose"

2. Adjective. Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas. "Puffy tumid flesh"

Definition of Turgid

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.

Definition of Turgid

1. Adjective. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of language or style) Tediously pompous or bombastic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turgid

1. swollen [adj] : TURGIDLY [adv]

Medical Definition of Turgid

1. Swollen due to high fluid content. Compare: flaccid. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turgid

turfs turfski turfskiing turfskiings turfskis turfy turg turgencies turgency turgent

turgesce turgescence turgescences turgescency turgescent turgid (current term) turgider turgidest turgidities turgidity

turgidly turgidness turgidnesses turgidous turgite turgites turgometer turgometers turgor turgors

Literary usage of Turgid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Manual of the Mosses of North America by Leo Lesquereux, Thomas Potts James (1884)
"Leaves turgid, rugulose. 26. ... Capsule short, turgid, horizontal. ... more or less turgid, dark brown, constricted under the orifice when dry and empty; ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1974 getting up after a tummy bug to keep the date — Doreen Taylor, Scottish Field, July 1975 turbid, turgid Some words seem to have been specially created ..."

3. The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body by Matthew Baillie (1812)
"Veins of the Pla Mater turgid with Blood. The most common diseased appearance of the pi.i mater is that of its veins being turgid with blood. ..."

4. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1829)
"... the turgid state is lost on which depends the ascent of the sap; ... and this turgid state are either intimately or inseparably connected. ..."

5. American Edition of the British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and ...by William Nicholson by William Nicholson (1819)
"Shell cordate, turgid, brown on the disk, with a yellowish or greenish margin and sub-margin, surface with numerous ..."

6. Bacteria in Relation to Plant Diseases by Erwin Frink Smith (1911)
"The rest of the leaf was turgid. By noon a v-shaped area extending from the pricks to the end of the leaf had wilted and by night the whole tip and one side ..."

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