tumid

Adjective
Synonyms: bombasticdeclamatorylargeorotundturgidpuffyintumescenttumescenterect

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

  1. ostentatiously lofty in style“a man given to large talk”“tumid political prose”Synonyms: bombasticdeclamatorylargeorotundturgid
  2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas“hungry children with bloated stomachs”“he had a grossly distended stomach”“eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”“swollen hands”“tumescent tissue”“puffy tumid flesh”Synonyms: puffyintumescenttumescentturgid
  3. of sexual organs; stiff and rigidSynonyms: erect
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tumid \Tu"mid\, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. Thumb.]

1.Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. [1913 Webster]

2.Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster]

So high as heaved the tumid hills.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style. [1913 Webster] -- Tu"mid*ly, adv. -- Tu"mid*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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