ˈt(y)ümə̇d adjective
Etymology: Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell — more at thumb
1. : marked by swelling : swollen , distended
puffy, tumid flesh
a badly infected, tumid leg
2. : formed as if by swelling or inflation : bulging, pneumatic , protuberant
so high as heaved the tumid hills — John Milton
a tumid membrane
sails tumid in the spanking breeze
the tumid whorls of a shell
3. : overblown and pretentious (as in language or style) : bombastic , turgid
the tumid … structure of our sentences — Thomas De Quincey
Synonyms: see inflated