turgent

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

turgent (comparative more turgent, superlative most turgent)

  1. Rising into a tumour or a puffy state; tumid.
  2. Bombastic; turgid; pompous.
    • Burton
      recompensed with turgent titles

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for turgent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

turgent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of turgeō
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