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tumid

[ too-mid, tyoo- ]
/ ˈtu mɪd, ˈtyu- /
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adjective

swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.
seeming to swell; bulging.

RELATED WORDS

bombastic, distended, inflated, overblown, pompous, puffy, swollen, tumescent, turgid, protuberant

Nearby words

  1. tumefy,
  2. tumen,
  3. tumesce,
  4. tumescence,
  5. tumescent,
  6. tumidly,
  7. tummler,
  8. tummy,
  9. tummy tuck,
  10. tumor

Origin of tumid

1535–45; < Latin tumidus swollen, equivalent to tum(ēre) to swell + -idus -id4
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British Dictionary definitions for tumid

tumid

/ (ˈtjuːmɪd) /

adjective

(of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen
bulging or protuberant
pompous or fulsome in styletumid prose
Derived Formstumidity or tumidness, nountumidly, adverb

Word Origin for tumid

C16: from Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for tumid

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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for tumid

tumid

[ tōō′mĭd ]

adj.

Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.
Of a bulging shape; protuberant.
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