Synonyms for turgidity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tur-jid |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɜr dʒɪd |
Définition of turgidity
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin turgidus "swollen, inflated," from turgere "to swell," of unknown origin. Figurative use in reference to prose is from 1725. Related: Turgidly; turgidness.
- noun bombast
- But the tendency to turgidity may proceed from debility alone.
- Extract from : « Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson » by Thomas Jefferson
- Tympanī′tis, inflammation of the membrane of the ear; Tym′pany, any swelling, turgidity: tympanites.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) » by Various
- What remains, is a species of pseudo-emotion which must be characterized as lachrymose hysteria or turgidity.
- Extract from : « Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music » by Ferruccio Busoni
- The serenity and calm of Plato and Aristotle are gone, and in their place we have turgidity and extravagance.
- Extract from : « A Critical History of Greek Philosophy » by W. T. Stace
- No one can for a moment doubt that her feelings are real, but neither can the turgidity and bombast of her language be denied.
- Extract from : « Mary Wollstonecraft » by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
- He paced the floor in impatience while Mr. Turgidity blew the clouds of dust from precedent after precedent.
- Extract from : « The Young Man and the World » by Albert J. Beveridge
- The turgidity and luxuriance of art gradually passed into tameness and poverty.
- Extract from : « Beacon Lights of History, Volume III » by John Lord
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