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Word entry · 6 letters

turgid

Best crossword clue

"Swollen and pompous"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɜːd͡ʒɪd/Part of speech adjectiveSorted dgirtuStarts with TEnds with D1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2U3R4G5I6D

Definitions

  1. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas

Word origin

From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turgeō (“to swell”).

Used in a sentence

  • I have a turgid limb.
  • The Jiet River lay before them, as thick and turgid as a gorged snake, its crosshatched surface reflecting the same ghastly hue that pervaded the Burning Plains.
  • Sounding rather suspiciously like Professor H. Bloom’s turgid studies of artistic influenza[…]

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01Swollen and pompous6 letters

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