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Definition of: turgid
(tûr′jid) adjective
1. Unnaturally distended, as by contained air or liquid; swollen.
2. Figuratively, inflated; bombastic; tumid: a turgid tale of woman wronged. [<L turgidus <turgere swell]
—tur′gid·ly adverb
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