Meaning & use
turgidity
The state of being swollen, distended, or full of fluid, especially in a plant cell.
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The plant's turgidity dropped noticeably after two days without water.
Critics mocked the essay's turgidity, calling its sentences bloated and hard to follow.
A note on using this word
Beyond its biological sense, turgidity can also describe writing that is pompous or needlessly inflated in style.
Words with a similar meaning
swelling
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