turgent

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adjective

swelling, turgid, or tumourous.

“turgent sea”

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Meanings

adjectiveturgent (comparative more turgent, superlative most turgent)

comparative more turgent · superlative most turgent

  1. archaicswelling, turgid, or tumourous.

    turgent sea

    2 more examples

    turgent genitals

    turgent skin

  2. archaicBombastic; pompous.

    recompensed with turgent titles

    1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
    1 more example

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

    1888, Edmund Finn, The Chronicles of Early Melbourne

Origin

Latin turgens, turgentis, present participle of turgere (“to swell”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with turgent

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APA

turgent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turgent

MLA

“turgent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turgent. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turgent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turgent.

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