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Definition of Turgidity
1. Noun. Pompously embellished language.
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
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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