Turgidly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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              A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
                                                    --Boyle.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  turgidly
       adv : in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his
             theories" [syn: {bombastically}]