TUMID


Meaning of TUMID in English

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

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.