Defn: Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling; growing big.
TURGID
Tur"gid, a. Etym: [L. turgidus, from turgere to swell.]
1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; — especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit. A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid. Boyle.
2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic;
pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
— Tur"gid*ly, adv.
— Tur"gid*ness, n.
TURGIDITY
Tur*gid"i*ty, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being turgid.
TURGIDOUS
Tur"gid*ous, a.
Defn: Turgid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
TURIO
Tu"ri*o, n.; pl. Turiones. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)
Defn: A shoot or sprout from the ground. Gray.