What does "inflated" mean?
Inflated: Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style. Inflated and astrut with self-conceit. Cowper.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bot.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp. Martyn.
- 3.Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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