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单词 turgent
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turgentadj.

/ˈtəːdʒənt/
Etymology: < Latin turgēnt-em, present participle of turgēre to swell out, be swollen or inflated: see -ent suffix.
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).
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