-s ə nt adjective
Etymology: Latin tumescent-, tumescens, present participle of tumescere to swell up, incho, of tumēre to swell
1. : somewhat tumid, swollen, or inflated
tumescent tissue
2. : bombastic , tumid 3
3. : swelling with fullness of thought or emotion : teeming, pregnant
a tumescent flow of thought — H.G.Wells