tumid
[adjective]
Synonyms: inflated, dropsical, dropsied, flatulent, overblown, tumescent, turgid, windy, rhetorical, aureate, bombastic, euphuistic, flowery, grandiloquent, magniloquent, swelling, swollen

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Related Words: dilated, distended, expanded, swollen

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tumid adjective. ['tju:mɪd] M16.
[Latin tumidus, from tumere swell: see -ID¹.]
1. Esp. of a part of the body: swollen, inflated; protuberant, bulging. M16.
■ G. Rolleston An orifice with prominent tumid lips.

2. fig. Esp. of language or literary style: inflated, turgid, bombastic; rare pregnant or teeming with. M17.

■ tumidly adverb E19.

■ tumidness noun L17.

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