This week's theme
Miscellaneous words

This week's words
acuity
desuetude
turgid
sciolism
edacity

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PRONUNCIATION:

(TUR-jid)

MEANING:

adjective:
1. Swollen; congested.
2. Pompous; high-flown.

ETYMOLOGY:

From Latin turgere (to swell). Earliest documented use: 1620.

USAGE:

"It's not surprising that [Norm Macdonald] would take the wind out of the sails of peers who write turgid, self-important autobiographies ... he has earned attention for his deflating Twitter responses to various celebrity tweets."
Eric Volmers; Norm Macdonald Still Working at His First Love of Standup Comedy; Calgary Herald (Canada); Feb 4, 2014.

See more usage examples of turgid in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

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