English Explanatory Dictionary

turgent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. swelling, turgid, or tumourous.
  2. Bombastic; pompous.

Word forms

turgent more turgent most turgent

Etymology

Latin turgens, turgentis, present participle of turgere (“to swell”).

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