turgidity
121grandiloquence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, magniloquence, orotun dity, rant, turgidity. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS …
122orotundity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Pretentious, pompous speech or writing: bombast, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, rant, turgidity. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS …
123Expansion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Expansion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 expansion expansion Sgm: N 1 increase increase &c. 35 of size Sgm: N 1 enlargement enlargement extension augmentation Sgm: N 1 amplification amplification …
124turgid — tur|gid [ˈtə:dʒıd US ˈtə:r ] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: turgidus, from turgere to be swollen ] 1.) turgid writing or speech is boring and difficult to understand = ↑dull ▪ a turgid Social Science textbook 2.) full and swollen… …
125turgometer — instrument for measuring turgidity Scientific Instruments …
126turgid — [ tə:dʒɪd] adjective 1》 swollen and distended or congested. 2》 (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombastic. Derivatives turgidity noun turgidly adverb Origin C17: from L. turgidus, from turgere to swell …
127turgor — [ tə:gə] noun chiefly Botany a state of turgidity and resulting rigidity of cells or tissues. Origin C19: from late L., from turgere to swell …
128grandiloquence — n. Bombast, fustian, turgidity, lofty language, high sounding words, lofty style of speech, high flown language, altiloquence …
