Recompensed with turgent titles.
Burton.
Tur*gesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Turgesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Turgescing (?).] [L. turgescere, v. incho. fr. turgere to swell.] To
become turgid; to swell or be inflated. [R.]
{ Tur*ges"cence (?), Tur*ges"cen*cy (?), } n. [Cf. F. turgescence. See
Turgescent.] 1. The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or
turgescent. Sir T. Browne.
2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Johnson.
Tur*ges"cent (?), a. [L. turgescens, -entis, p. pr. of turgescere: cf.
F. turgescent. See Turgesce.] Becoming turgid or inflated; swelling;
growing big.
Tur"gid (?), 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.
A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid.
Boyle.
2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic;
pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.
— Tur"gid*ly (#), adv. — Tur"gid*ness, n.
Tur*gid"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being turgid.
Tur"gid*ous (?), a. Turgid. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
||Tu"ri*o (?), n.; pl. Turiones (#). [L.] (Bot.) A shoot or sprout from
||the ground. Gray.
||
Tu"ri*ole (?), n. The golden oriole. [Prov. Eng.]
Tu"ri*on (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Turio.
Tu`ri*o*nif"er*ous (?), a. [L. turio a sprout + -ferous.] Producing
shoots, as asparagus. Barton.
Turk (?), n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin: cf. F. Turc.] 1. A
member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp.,
one of the dominant race in Turkey.