- 2. Pompous, bombastic, tumid, puffy, inflated, stilted, grandiloquent, declamatory, rhetorical, ostentatious,
turgent, grandiose, fustian, high-flown.
Turgidity, n.
- 1. Swelling, distention, turgescence, turgidness.
- 2. Bombast, inflation, turgidness, grandiloquence, pompous style.
Turgidness, n. See Turgidity.
Turk, n. Ottoman, Mahometan.
Turkey-cock, n. Gobbler (colloq.).
Turkey-stone, n. Novaculite, Turkey oil-stone, oil-stone, whetstone, hone.
Turkish, a. Ottoman, of the Turks.
Turkish bath. Sudatory, sweating-bath, vapor bath.
Turkishness, n. Turcism.
Turko, n. Zouave.
Turkois, n. Turcois, turquoise.
Turk’s-cap, n. Melon-thistle, turk’s-head (Melocactus communis).
Turl-pin, n. Beghard, Picard, Lollard.
Turmaline, n. Tourmaline.
Turmeric paper. Curcuma paper.
Turmoil, n. Tumult, agitation, disturbance, disorder, turbulence, confusion, commotion, uproar, bustle, huddle, hurly-burly, trouble, harassing labor.
Turn, v. a.
- 1. Revolve, move round, turn round, make go round.
- 2. Cause to deviate, cast, deflect, inflect, bend, incline differently, change the direction of.
- 3. Divert, transfer, use, employ.
- 4. Reverse the position of, turn over.
- 5. Shape (as in a lathe), form, mould, fashion.