Emily Dickinson Lexicon

TUR'GID, a. [L. turgidus, from turgeo, to swell.]

1. Swelled; bloated; distended beyond its natural state by some internal agent or expansive force. A bladder held by the fire grew turgid. Boyle. More generally, the word is applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb.
2. Tumid; pompous; inflated; bombastic; as, a turgid style; a turgid manner of talking. Watts.