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TURGIDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does turgidness mean?
• TURGIDNESS (noun)
The noun TURGIDNESS has 1 sense:
1. pompously embellished language
Familiarity information: TURGIDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pompously embellished language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
flatulence; turgidity; turgidness
Hypernyms ("turgidness" is a kind of...):
long-windedness; prolixity; prolixness; windiness; wordiness (boring verbosity)
Derivation:
turgid (ostentatiously lofty in style)
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