turgent
turgent adjective: swelling, turgid, or tumourous.
Adjective
turgent (comparative more turgent, superlative most turgent)
- swelling, turgid, or tumourous.
- turgent genitals
- turgent sea
- Bombastic; pompous.
- recompensed with turgent titles1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC
- he re-appeared in the hall, marched to the front door, and looked around him with turgent vanity of a pompous turkey-cock1888, Edmund Finn, The Chronicles of Early Melbourne
turgent meaning in Tamil
turgent in Tamil
- வீக்கம்
Forms of turgent
| comparative | more turgent |
|---|---|
| superlative | most turgent |
Origin of turgent
Latin turgens, turgentis, present participle of turgere (“to swell”).
Words formed from turgent
Words that rhyme with turgent
- emergent
- divergent
- assurgent
- resurgent
- convergent
- insurgent
- urgent
- abstergent
- detergent
- neurodivergent
- submergent
- surgent
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Questions about turgent
- What does turgent mean?
- Turgent means swelling, turgid, or tumourous.
- What is turgent in Tamil?
- Turgent in Tamil is வீக்கம். See Turgent meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is turgent?
- Turgent is an adjective.
Words near turgent in the dictionary
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