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turgid

tur·gid

UK/ˈtəːd͡ʒɪd/ US/ˈtɜːd͡ʒɪd/ uncommon

adjective

1.

ostentatiously lofty in style

  • “a man given to large talk”
  • “tumid political prose”
2.

abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

  • “hungry children with bloated stomachs”
  • “he had a grossly distended stomach”
  • “eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”
  • “swollen hands”
  • “tumescent tissue”
  • “puffy tumid flesh”

Origin

From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).

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