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1. (adj.) tumid
swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
2. tumid
pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.
3. tumid
seeming to swell; bulging.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L tumidus swollen =tum(ēre) to swell +-idus -id4)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
ostentatiously lofty in style
"a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
2. (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"
3. (adj) tumid, erect
of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) tumid
swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh
2. (adj) tumid
rising above the level; protuberant
3. (adj) tumid
swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style
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