different between turgid vs wordy

English

Etymology

From Latin turgidus (“swollen, inflated”), from turge? (“to swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??d??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t?d??d/

Adjective

turgid (comparative more turgid, superlative most turgid)

1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

   Synonyms: bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgescent
2. (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

   Synonyms: bombastic, grandiose, pompous

Related terms

• turgescence
• turgescent
• turgidity
• turgidness
• turgor

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English wordy, woordi, from Old English wordi? (“wordy, verbose”), equivalent to word +? -y. Cognate with Icelandic orðigur (“wordy”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?w?di/
• Rhymes: -??(r)di

Adjective

wordy (comparative wordier, superlative wordiest)

1. Using an excessive number of words.

   The story was long and very wordy.

Synonyms

• verbose
• pleonastic
• sesquipedalian
• See also Thesaurus:verbose
• See also Wikipedia:Wordy

Derived terms

• unwordy
• wordily
• wordiness

Translations

Anagrams

• dowry, rowdy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• woordi

Etymology

From Old English wordi?; equivalent to word +? -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wurdi?/, /?w?rdi?/, /?w??rdi?/

Adjective

wordy

1. (rare) wordy

Descendants

• English: wordy

References

• “w??rd?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 February 2020.