3 ms·Turgid proseby trentmb 9y agoTurgid proseandygcook 9y agoGreat word. Saving the next person who also didn’t know what turgid meant a Google search: Turgid (adjective) - swollen and distended or congested - (of language or style) tediously pompous or bombasticStavrosK 9y ago"Purple prose" is also a commonly cited related concept.