Definition of turgid

• a. - 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. - Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking.