a. [ Pref. a- + liturgical. ] (Eccl.) Applied to those days when the holy sacrifice is not offered. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to dramaturgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in dramaturgy. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. liturgique. ] Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of a liturgy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in liturgiology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Liturgy + -logy. ] The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker; a thaumaturge. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. turgidus, from turgere to swell. ] 1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Tur"gid*ly adv. -- Tur"gid*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being turgid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Turgid. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]