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 ]
(adj) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas, Syn. intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid, Example:hungry children with bloated stomachs; he had a grossly distended stomach; eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids; swollen hands; tumescent tissue; puffy tumid flesh