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turgid
/ˈtɜːdʒɪd/
adjective
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
"I have a turgid limb."
(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
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