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Answer for the clue "Bombast, that - unctuous at first, unusually rigid, extremely tacky ", 9 letters:
turgidity

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Word definitions for turgidity in dictionaries

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

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

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

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.