Definition of Turgidity

1. Noun. Pompously embellished language.

Exact synonyms: Flatulence, Turgidness
Generic synonyms: Long-windedness, Prolixity, Prolixness, Windiness, Wordiness
Derivative terms: Turgid, Turgid

Definition of Turgidity

1. n. The quality or state of being turgid.

Definition of Turgidity

1. Noun. the state or quality of being turgid ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Turgidity

1. [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turgidity

turfskis
turfy
turg
turgencies
turgency
turgent
turgesce
turgescence
turgescences
turgescency
turgescent
turgid
turgider
turgidest
turgidities
turgidity (current term)
turgidly
turgidness
turgidnesses
turgidous
turgite
turgites
turgometer
turgometers
turgor
turgors
turio
turion
turioniferous
turions

Literary usage of Turgidity

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

1. Comparative Electro-physiology: A Physico-physiological Study by Jagadis Chandra Bose (1907)
"We have seen that excitation of the pulvinus of Mimosa induces negative turgidity-variation, with fall of the leaf, and galvanometric negativity. ..."

2. The Role of Diffusion and Osmotic Pressure in Plants by Burton Edward Livingston (1903)
"THE MAINTENANCE OF turgidity IN SPITE OF PERMEABILITY TO CERTAIN SOLUTES It might be supposed that the fact of greater or less permeability of the ..."

3. The Rôle of Diffusion and Osmotic Pressure in Plants by Burton Edward Livingston (1903)
"While certain substances are diffusing in and out of a cell, its turgidity may be maintained by the presence within the vacuole of some other osmotic ..."

4. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physiological by Julius Sachs (1882)
"The tendency of the pith to expand ceases; its cells lose their turgidity, they give off their water to adjacent tissues, and become filled with air. ..."

5. The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Disenssions of the Right and the by Thomas Embley Osmun (1909)
"In his estimation turgidity passes for eloquence, and simplicity is but another name for that which is weak and unmeaning."—George Washington Moon. Hit. ..."

6. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1905)
"About the time the seed is ripe, a layer of long thin-walled cells near the apex of the berry become filled with water. The increase in turgidity of this, ..."

7. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"About the time the seed is ripe, a layer of long thin-walled cells near the apex of the berry become filled with water. The increase in turgidity of this, ..."

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