the meaning of "turgid waters"

kjc0123 | 09:52 Tue 29th Mar 2005 | Phrases & Sayings

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What is the meaning of "turgid waters" in the following sentences?

A few miles away, on the riverbank beyond Les Invalides, the bewildered driver of a twin-bed Trailor truck stood at gunpoint and watched as the captain of the Judicial Police let out a guttural roar of rage and heaved a bar of soap out into the turgid waters of the Seine.

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Quizmonster

Turgid - from the Latin word 'turgere', meaning 'to swell' - suggests that there is more water there than you would normally expect. The suggestion here is that the River Seine is possibly about to overflow its banks.

katejess44

Oh, I know that line - Da Vinci Code, right?

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