Prolix vs Turgid - What's the difference?
prolix | turgid |
Tediously lengthy.
* 1843, "Bossi—Necrologia G. C. Leonardo Sismondi.", vol. LXXII, issue CXLIV,
Tending to use big or obscure words, which few understand.
Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
(of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.
As adjectives the difference between prolix and turgid
is that prolix is tediously lengthy while turgid is distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.prolix
English
Adjective
(en adjective)p. 333,
- People who have blamed [Jean Charles LĂ©onard de] Sismondi as unnecessarily prolix cannot have considered the crowd of details presented by the history of Italy.
Synonyms
* (tediously lengthy) bombastic, long-winded, verbose, wordy * See alsoAntonyms
* (tediously lengthy) concise, terseturgid
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I have a turgid limb.