tumescent
[ too-mes-uhnt, tyoo- ]
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adjective
swelling; slightly tumid.
exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions; teeming.
pompous and pretentious, especially in the use of language; bombastic.
Origin of tumescent
11880–85; <Latin tumēscent- (stem of tumēscēns, present participle of tumēscere to begin to swell), equivalent to tum(ēre) to swell + -ēscent--escent
Other words from tumescent
- tu·mes·cence, noun
Words Nearby tumescent
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How to use tumescent in a sentence
The bear, suddenly tumescent, sexually penetrates one of the ubiquitous sandals seen on Russian men anytime in summer.
Except for the occasional mosquito, there was no sound save the tumescent sea and his voice.
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British Dictionary definitions for tumescent
tumescent
/ (tjuːˈmɛsənt) /
adjective
swollen or becoming swollen
Origin of tumescent
1C19: from Latin tumescere to begin to swell, from tumēre
Derived forms of tumescent
- tumescence, noun
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