Tom Rachman

A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.

English Novelist

Michael Korda

The huge, turgid work of history, sinking under the weight of its own 'politically correct' thesis and its foot- and source notes, is not the British way of writing history, and never has been.

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.

The fact that the talk may be boring or turgid or uninspiring should not cause us to forget the fact that it is preferable to war.

American Politician

James Fenimore Cooper

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

American Writer

William Shatner

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.

Canadian Actor

John Cooper Clarke

Too many memoirs focus on childhoods and it's a bit turgid.

English Poet

Carol Ann Duffy

My prose is turgid, it just hasn't got any energy.

British Poet

Use 'turgid' to describe body parts that are abnormally swollen.

Physical Condition

'Turgid' often implies discomfort or a negative reaction to swelling.

Negative Connotation

'Turgid' is used in medical situations involving swelling or fluids.

Medical Context

'Turgid' describes writing or speech that seems intentionally complex.

Over-complexity

Using 'turgid' in a critique suggests unnecessary complexity.

Critical Tone

'Turgid' reminds scholars to keep their writing accessible.

Academic Humility

'Turgid' can describe speech that's flowery to the point of excess.

Ornate Speech

'Turgid' is not usually used in everyday conversation; it can sound pretentious.

Avoid in Casual Talk

In literature, 'turgid' implies a lack of elegance or clarity.

Literary Critique

 they can't be exactly the same in more turgid pros but closer to the truth was the father of modern capitalism Adam Smith and he said this this is worth contemplating the great source of both the misery and disorders of human life seems to arise from overrating the

The surprising science...

 fantastic discovery it was made here in this remote research outpost head in belly by a swampy forest clearing in the northern Congo where frolicking elephants create pools of turgid water