2021-02-17 ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – turgid & turbid

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2021-02-17

ศัพท์ น่าสับสน ชุด T – turgid & turbid

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ออกเสียง turgid = ‘TUR-jid’

ออกเสียง turbid = ‘TUR-bid’

Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree

Turgid = swollen, distended, overblown, pompous:

The politician was known for his turgid prose.

Not to be confused with:

turbid = cloudy, muddy, murky:

The turbid water overflowed the banks of the river.

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Turgid

Definition: excessively embellished in style or language

The "bombastic" or "pompous" sense of turgid

is a metaphorical extension of the word's

use as a descriptor of body parts

that are swollen, distended, or puffed out.

The adjective derives from Latin and starts expanding in English during the 1600s.

The splendid and popular class was composedof the advocates,

who filled the Forum with the sound of their turgid and loquacious rhetoric.

— Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1781

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

Turbid

Did You Know?

Turbid and "turgid"

(which means "swollen or distended" or "overblown, pompous, or bombastic")

are frequently mistaken for one another,and it's no wonder.

Not only do the two words differ by only a letter,

they are often used in contexts where either word could fit.

For example,

a flooded stream can be simultaneously cloudy and swollen,

and badly written prose might be both unclearand grandiloquent.

Nevertheless, the distinction between these two words,

however fine, is an important one

for conveying exact shades of meaning,

so, it's a good idea to keep them straight.

Dictionary of Problem Words and Expressions

turgid & turbid

These “look-alikes” are frequently confused

but have nothing in common except looks.

Turgid means “swollen,” “over blown,” “inflated,” “distended,” and “pompous”:

“The candidate then delivered a long, turgid speech.”

“The stream is turgid because of spring flood.”

Turbid means “clouded,” “not clear,” “opaque,” ‘muddy”:

“The turgid river is turbid (The swollen river is muddy).”

“The solution in this test is turbid, but it will clear when sediment sinks to the bottom.”