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turgent, a. Now rare or Obs.|ˈtɜːdʒənt|
[ad. L. turgēnt-em, pr. pple. of turgēre to swell out, be swollen or inflated: see -ent.]
1. Physically swelling or swollen; distended, turgid.
c1440Pallad. on Husb. iv. 601 The turgent trunke let scarifie, That humour effluent out of it hie. 1657Physical Dict., Turgent,..usually spoken of the humors of the body when they are in combustion and violent motion. 1664Power Exp. Philos. i. 59 When [the eyes] are preter⁓naturally distended in an Ophthalmia, and so grow turgent and conspicuous. 1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xiv. 478 An Asthmatical Woman, whose Lungs [were] turgent with Serum. a1722Lisle Husb. (1752) 332 The cow's..teats will be turgent and spring forth. 1730–46Thomson Autumn 693 While Perfection breathes White o'er the turgent film [of the grape] the living dew.
2. fig. Swollen or inflated with pride or conceit; bumptious; also, using inflated language.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. iii. vii, Good men doe not alwaies finde grace and favour, least they should be puffed vp with turgent titles, growe insolent and prowd. 1654Hammond Answ. Animadv. Ignat. iii. §2. 54 All must be rejected..which hath any of this turgent style, or these barbarous words in it. 1681H. More Exp. Dan. App. iii. 303 This Title were too big and turgent for any private Church. |