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TURGIDITY

Dictionary entry overview: What does turgidity mean?

• TURGIDITY (noun)
The noun TURGIDITY has 1 sense:

1. pompously embellished language

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

Dictionary entry details

• TURGIDITY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pompously embellished language

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

turgidity; turgidness; flatulence

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

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

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