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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pompous or bombastic",
"word": "empolado"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "napýščennyj",
"sense": "pompous or bombastic",
"word": "напы́щенный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pompéznyj",
"sense": "pompous or bombastic",
"word": "помпе́зный"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pompous or bombastic",
"word": "ampuloso"
}
],
"word": "turgid"
}
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