turgent

[Lat. turgens (gen it. turgent is), pr. par. of turgeo =to swell.1 1. Swelling, swollen, tumid; rising into a tumor or puffy state. "Perfection breathes White o'er the turgent film the living dew." Thomson: Autumn, 691. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; tür-ġes'-çent, a. [Lat. turgescens, pr. par. of turgesco.] Growing turgid or inflated; swelling. tür-ġid, a. [Latin turgid us, from turgeo =to swell.] 1. Swelled, swollen, bloated, inflated, or distended beyond its natural state by some internal agent or expansive force. (Often applied to an enlarged part of the body.) In botany, slightly swelling. IMG:content-1558.png:[blocks in formation] "The forerunners of an apoplexy are dullne , slowne of speech, vertigos, weakne , wearine , and turgidity of the eyes." -Arbuthnot : On Diet , ch. 1ii. 2. Hollow magnificence; pompousne , bombast. "A simple, clear, harmonious style; which, taken as a model, may be followed without leading the novitiate either into turgidity or obscurity."- Cumber land : Memoirs, ii. 262. tür-gid-lý, adv. [English turgid; -ly.] In a turgid manner; with swelling or empty pomp; pompously, bombastically.