TURGID

puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid

(adjective) 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”

bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid

(adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style; “a man given to large talk”; “tumid political prose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

turgid (comparative more turgid, superlative most turgid)

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

Synonyms: bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgescent

(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

Synonyms: bombastic, grandiose, pompous

Source: Wiktionary

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Tur"gid, a. Etym: [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. A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid. Boyle.

2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.

– Tur"gid*ly, adv.

– Tur"gid*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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