| inflated | 1. Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. 2. Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. "Inflated and astrut with self-conceit." (Cowper) 3. <botany> Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. 4. Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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