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1. (adj.) tumescent
swelling; slightly tumid.
2. tumescent
exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions; teeming.
3. tumescent
pompous and pretentious, esp. in the use of language; bombastic.
Etymology: (1880–85; < L tumēscent-, s. of tumēscēns, prp. of tumēscere, inchoative der. of tumēre to swell; see -escent)
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1. (adj) puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid
abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
"hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
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