turgidityn.

/təːˈdʒɪdɪti/

Etymology: < Latin turgidus (see turgid adj.) + -ity suffix.

1. The state of being turgid or swollen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > swelling or swollenness

bolninga1340

bollingc1390

bossingc1440

tumour?1541

swelling1577

bulking1599

outswelling1611

swelth1631

turgescence1631

puffedness1648

intumescency1650

inturgescency1650

intumescence1656

obtumescence1657

bloatedness1660

tumefaction1666

turgescency1666

turgence1671

swell1683

tumidness1688

puffiness1699

tumidity1721

turgidity1732

inturgescence1755

tumescence1859

swollenness1902

1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 363 Weakness, Wateryness, and Turgidity of the Eyes.

1820 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 323 The tendency to turgidity may proceed from debility alone.

1854 C. H. Jones & E. H. Sieveking Man. Pathol. Anat. (1874) 255 Turgidity of the blood-vessels.

1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 700 By Turgidity we understand the hydrostatic pressure which the water absorbed by endosmose exercises equally on all sides on the cell-wall.

2. figurative. Inflation of language; grandiloquence, pomposity, bombast; also with a and plural an example of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style

inflation1603

windinessa1613

ranting1633

tumoura1639

turgency1654

tympany1680

swell1744

turgidity1756

turgidness1757

tumidity1791

ráiméis1828

mouthiness1830

spread-eagleism1858

inflatedness1867

ampullosity1869

telegraphese1870

mouthing1876

Barnumese1889

intumescence1893

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 102 Obscurity or turgidity, and a false grandeur of diction.

1788 London Mag. 247 They appear to abound with turgidities, and, if they can be called splendid, to dazzle by their splendour.

1847 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 1st Ser. (ed. 3) 62 The empty turgidity of Dryden.

1903 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 320 We are willing to forget the latter turgidities [of a poem].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	turgidity
释义	turgidityn. /təːˈdʒɪdɪti/ Etymology: < Latin turgidus (see turgid adj.) + -ity suffix. 1. The state of being turgid or swollen. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > [noun] > distension > swelling or swollenness bolninga1340 bollingc1390 bossingc1440 tumour?1541 swelling1577 bulking1599 outswelling1611 swelth1631 turgescence1631 puffedness1648 intumescency1650 inturgescency1650 intumescence1656 obtumescence1657 bloatedness1660 tumefaction1666 turgescency1666 turgence1671 swell1683 tumidness1688 puffiness1699 tumidity1721 turgidity1732 inturgescence1755 tumescence1859 swollenness1902 1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet iii. 363 Weakness, Wateryness, and Turgidity of the Eyes. 1820 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 323 The tendency to turgidity may proceed from debility alone. 1854 C. H. Jones & E. H. Sieveking Man. Pathol. Anat. (1874) 255 Turgidity of the blood-vessels. 1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 700 By Turgidity we understand the hydrostatic pressure which the water absorbed by endosmose exercises equally on all sides on the cell-wall. 2. figurative. Inflation of language; grandiloquence, pomposity, bombast; also with a and plural an example of this. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > ornateness > [noun] > inflated or bombastic style inflation1603 windinessa1613 ranting1633 tumoura1639 turgency1654 tympany1680 swell1744 turgidity1756 turgidness1757 tumidity1791 ráiméis1828 mouthiness1830 spread-eagleism1858 inflatedness1867 ampullosity1869 telegraphese1870 mouthing1876 Barnumese1889 intumescence1893 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 102 Obscurity or turgidity, and a false grandeur of diction. 1788 London Mag. 247 They appear to abound with turgidities, and, if they can be called splendid, to dazzle by their splendour. 1847 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth 1st Ser. (ed. 3) 62 The empty turgidity of Dryden. 1903 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 320 We are willing to forget the latter turgidities [of a poem]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1732
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