tumid
[too-mid, tyoo-]
- swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.
- seeming to swell; bulging.
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Origin of tumid
Synonyms
See more synonyms for tumid on Thesaurus.com1. distended, turgid. 2. flatulent.
Antonyms
1. deflated.
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Examples from the Web for tumid
Contemporary Examples
Tumid and unstoppable, there is little that new wallpaper or re-poured driveways can do to disguise it.
Historical Examples
The tumid nothingness of pure transcendentalism he has always abhorred.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. IJohn Morley
With all his tumid boasts, he's like the sword-fish, who only wears his weapon in his mouth.
Pearls of ThoughtMaturin M. Ballou
The listener's face was tumid and discoloured, his eyes bloodshot.
The WhirlpoolGeorge Gissing
A low-spired, globular shell with a large, tumid, smooth body-whorl.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tideAugusta Foote Arnold
And of some tumid metaphors he says, "All too forced and over-charged."
tumid
- (of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen
- bulging or protuberant
- pompous or fulsome in styletumid prose
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell
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Word Origin and History for tumid
adj.
"morbidly swollen," 1540s, from Latin tumidus, from tumere "to swell" (see thigh). Figurative sense (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
tumid
(tōō′mĭd)- Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.
- Of a bulging shape; protuberant.
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