DictionaryRoot: turgidus
Latin
turgidus
swollen, inflated
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adjective
turgid
TER-jid/ˈtɜːrdʒɪd/
Swollen by accumulated fluid.
Etymology
Latin turgidus describes physical swelling or inflation. Applied to prose, that image makes language seem puffed up and overblown rather than simply difficult to understand.