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pompøs — meaning in English

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English meaning

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

Senses

pompøs is used for these senses in English:

  • turgid (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

turgid — full definition

  1. adj Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
  2. adj Of a river, inundated with excess water as from a flood; swollen.
  3. adj Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

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