单词 | turgent |
释义 | turgentadj. Now rare or Obsolete. 1. Physically swelling or swollen; distended, turgid. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [adjective] > distending > swelling swellingc1000 turgentc1440 yeasty1598 tumefying1615 turgid1620 tumid1626 outswelling1678 turgescent1727 inflating1807 intumescent1870 tumescent1882 tumefacient1885 tumescing1980 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 601 The turgent trunke let scarifie, That humour effluent out of it hie. 1657 Physical Dict. Turgent,..usually spoken of the humors of the body when they are in combustion and violent motion. 1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 59 When [the eyes] are preter~naturally distended in an Ophthalmia, and so grow turgent and conspicuous. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xiv. 478 An Asthmatical Woman, whose Lungs [were] turgent with Serum. a1722 E. Lisle Observ. Husbandry (1752) 332 The cow's..teats will be turgent and spring forth. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 159 While perfection breathes White o'er the turgent film [of the grape] the living dew. 2. figurative. Swollen or inflated with pride or conceit; bumptious; also, using inflated language. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > swelling or inflation with pride > [adjective] to-bollenc1175 bolledc1375 bolnedc1380 swollenc1386 blown1483 puffed?a1500 inflate?1504 bellieda1533 bladder-puffed1549 uppuffed1573 huffling1582 swellinga1586 upblown1590 tumorous1603 windy1603 windy-headed1603 huffed1605 flown1606 huff-pufft1608 puff-pasted1610 turgid1620 turgent1621 high-blown1623 tympanous1625 bladdered1633 tympaneda1634 tumoured1635 tympanied1637 enormous1641 over-leaven1648 flatulent1658 tympany-like1658 huffy1677 tumefied1677 blubbered1699 full-blown1699 bloated1731 tympanitical1772 inflated1785 pompholygous1855 overblown1864 forblown- society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [adjective] > inflated or bombastic fleshyc1369 windya1382 unmeasureda1425 puffing1566 embossed1578 puffed1587 bombasted1589 fustian1592 puffya1594 full-mouthed1594 orificial1594 gouty1595 swelling1597 mouth-filling1598 taffeta1598 bombast1601 tiptoe-strouting1602 turgidous1602 swollen1605 dropsieda1616 exsufflicatea1616 turgent1621 ampullous1622 tympanous1625 high-flown1632 tumorousa1637 blustered1638 tumid1648 bombastical1649 ranting1650 inflated1652 tuftaffetya1658 pompiona1670 bombastic1704 dropsical1721 thundering1725 turgid1725 exsuffolate1744 Lexiphanic1767 hi cockalorum1783 Ossianic1788 mouthing1814 mouthy1827 sophomoric1837 highfalutin1839 sophomorical1847 spread eagle1853 tumescent1882 Herodian1886 Ossianesque1889 Barnumesque1890 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. iii. vii. 422 Good men doe not alwaies finde grace and favour, least they should be puffed vp with turgent titles, growe insolent and prowd. 1654 H. Hammond Answer Animadversions on Diss. touching Ignatius's Epist. iii. §2. 54 All must be rejected..which hath any of this turgent style, or these barbarous words in it. 1681 H. More Plain Expos. Daniel App. iii. 303 This Title were too big and turgent for any private Church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.c1440 |
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