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Definition of Turgid

Turgid
Turgid Tur"gid, a. [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.] 1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit. A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid. --Boyle. 2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. -- Tur"gid*ly, adv. -- Tur"gid*ness, n.

Meaning of Turgid from wikipedia

- Look up turgid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Turgor pressure is the force within the cell that pushes the plasma membrane against the cell wall....
- Epioblasma turgidula, the turgid blossom pearly mussel, turgid riffle s****, turgid-blossom naiad or turgid blossom, was a species of freshwater mussel...
- Cladonia turgida or the crazy-scale cup lichen is a species of cup lichen in the family Cladoniaceae. Cladonia turgida contains atranorin and fumarprotocetraric...
- direction, and performances. Tesfaye's performance was particularly panned as turgid and lacking charisma. Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) is a pop idol who resolves...
- also praising DiCaprio, wrote, "It's too bad J. Edgar is so shapeless and turgid and ham-handed, so rich in bad lines and worse readings." Eastwood starred...
- rattle; the drums don't propel as much as struggle to disguise an all-too-turgid pace; and the rage is both unfocused and leavened with too much narcissistic...
- the fruit too early in the morning; the turgor is high then, and handling turgid fruit releases the peel oils and may cause spoilage. Shelf life of Key limes...
- 10 May 2022 – via National Library of Australia. "V.F.L. Teenager taunts turgid Tigers". The Canberra Times. Vol. 59, no. 18, 185. Australian Capital Territory...
- Cannes Film Festival to generally negative reviews. Variety called it "a turgid and unbelievable neo-western", and Time Out wrote that "besides the implausibilities...
- Plasmolysis is the process in which cells lose water in a hypertonic solution. The reverse process, deplasmolysis or cytolysis, can occur if the cell is...