turgid

== English == === Etymology === From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtɜːd͡ʒɪd/ (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈtəːd͡ʒɪd/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɚ.d͡ʒɪd/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈtʌɾd͡ʒɪd/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈtøːd͡ʒəd/ (Wales) IPA(key): /ˈtøːd͡ʒɪd/ (Liverpool, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈteːd͡ʒɪd/ (Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /ˈtɛːd͡ʒɪd/ === 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; see also Thesaurus:swollen Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen. (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic. Synonyms: bombastic, grandiose, pompous ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== turgescence turgescent turgidity turgidness turgor ==== Translations ====