— tumidity, tumidness , n. — tumidly , adv.
/tooh"mid, tyooh"-/ , adj.
1. swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
2. pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.
3. seeming to swell; bulging.
[ 1535-45; tumidus swollen, equiv. to tum ( ere ) to swell + -idus -ID 4 ]
Syn. 1. distended, turgid. 2. flatulent.
Ant. 1. deflated.