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Webster 1913 Edition

Turgescency

{

Tur-ges′cence

,

Tur-ges′cen-cy

, }

Noun.

[Cf. F.

turgescence

. See

.]

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.