turgent

adjective

1. swelling, turgid, or tumourous.

   archaic

2. Bombastic; pompous.

   archaic

   recompensed with turgent titles

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry turgent (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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