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turgent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tur-gent
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

swelling, turgid, or tumourous.

Archaic

adj

Bombastic; pompous.

Archaic

Example Sentences

Etymology

Latin turgens, turgentis, present participle of turgere (“to swell”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

more turgent (comparative) most turgent (superlative)

Derived Forms

turgently

Rhymes With

urgent divergent insurgent detergent emergent convergent resurgent neurodivergent surgent abstergent assurgent vergent

Questions

What does turgent mean?
swelling, turgid, or tumourous.
Where does turgent come from?
Latin turgens, turgentis, present participle of turgere (“to swell”).

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