ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Turgent

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Turgent is an adjective meaning (archaic) swelling, turgid, or tumourous.

Meaning

(archaic) swelling, turgid, or tumourous.

More Meanings

  1. (archaic) Bombastic; pompous.

Example Sentences

turgent skin
turgent genitals
recompensed with turgent titles
he re-appeared in the hall, marched to the front door, and looked around him with turgent vanity of a pompous turkey-cock

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include swollen, tumid, tumefacient, turgid, extuberant, tumescent.

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