Tur"gent (?), a. [L. turgens, -entis, p. pr. of turgere to swell.]
1.
Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors.
2.
Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Recompensed with turgent titles. Burton.
© Webster 1913.