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TURGIDITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does turgidity mean? 

TURGIDITY (noun)
  The noun TURGIDITY has 1 sense:

1. pompously embellished languageplay

  Familiarity information: TURGIDITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TURGIDITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pompously embellished language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

flatulence; turgidity; turgidness

Hypernyms ("turgidity" is a kind of...):

long-windedness; prolixity; prolixness; windiness; wordiness (boring verbosity)

Derivation:

turgid (ostentatiously lofty in style)


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