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Meaning of turgent | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. swelling, turgid, or tumourous.
    archaic
  2. Bombastic; pompous.
    archaic

Examples

“turgent genitals”
“turgent sea”
“turgent skin”
“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”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

turgescent turgescible turgid turgitic Turinese Turing complete

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