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Answer for the clue "Pompously embellished language ", 9 letters:
turgidity

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Word definitions for turgidity in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Turgidity \Tur*gid"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being turgid.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the state or quality of being turgid

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. pompously embellished language [syn: turgidness , flatulence ]

Usage examples of turgidity.

In some of the provers active inflammatory congestion of the right lung ensued, with turgidity of the liver.

Even his endoplasm lost the turgidity of the healthy ameboid and became dangerously thin and transparent.

Even his endoplasm lost the turgidity of the healthy amoeboid and became dangerously thin and transparent.