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Turgescency

Turgescence \Tur*ges"cence\, Turgescency \Tur*ges"cen*cy\, n.

  1. The act of swelling, or the state of being swollen, or turgescent.
    --Sir T. Browne.

  2. Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
    --Johnson.

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turgescency

n. (alternative form of turgescence English)

Usage examples of "turgescency".

The same reasoning also holds place among them in those dissensions we behold upon a turgescency in any of their females.