Inflated; falsely sublime; bombastic
Swollen; bombastic.
ETYM Latin turgidus, from turgere to swell.
1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid.
2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous.
3. Swollen; inflated; bombastic.
ETYM Latin varicosus, from varix, -icis, a dilated vein; cf. varus bent, stretched, crooked.
Abnormally swollen or knotty.
Swollen, especially in irregular lumps and twists.