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turgid adjective bombastic, circumlocutory, diffuse, digressive, euphuistic, flowery, fustian, high-flown, inflated, long-winded, magniloquent, orotund, periphrastic, pleonastic, plethoric, pompous, prolix, puffed up, redundant, rhetorical, sesquipedalian, stilted, swelled, swollen, tumid, turgent, wordy See also: flatulent, fustian, grandiose, inflated, orotund, pretentious, proud How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Why should the gift-giver trouble herself to match an unknown work to her poppet when Marianna Mayer's gorgeously illustrated (and turgidly written) version of The Tempest (Chronicle) lies piled on a table close to the front of the store, right next to Scholastic's lush presentation, Nina Packer's Tales from Shakespeare, featuring illustrations by eleven top-drawer talents and eye-catching gilt highlights on the cover? In a nutshell: An ethical debate brought turgidly to life. Kudelka's Terra Firma (to Torke) proceeds authoritatively, if somewhat turgidly, by way of repeated stubbed-toe pacings, toward its climactic third section. |
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