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tumid

[ too-mid, tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.

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  3. seeming to swell; bulging.


tumid

/ ˈ³ÙÂá³Ü˳¾Éª»å /

adjective

  1. (of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen
  2. bulging or protuberant
  3. pompous or fulsome in style

    tumid prose

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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù³Ü³¾¾±»å±ô²â, adverb
  • ³Ù³Üˈ³¾¾±»å¾±³Ù²â, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù³Ü·³¾¾±»åi·³Ù²â ³Ù³Üm¾±»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ù³Üm¾±»å·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù³Üm¾±»å adjective
  • un·³Ù³Üm¾±»å·±ô²â adverb
  • un·³Ù³Üm¾±»å·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • un³Ù³Ü·³¾¾±»åi·³Ù²â noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tumid1

1535–45; < Latin tumidus swollen, equivalent to tum ( ŧ°ù±ð ) to swell + -idus -id 4
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tumid1

C16: from Latin tumidus , from tumŧ°ù±ð to swell
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Every night I was sure her face was as marked and deformed as it was possible for a face to be, but every morning it was somehow darker, more tumid.

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“I found her unfamiliar, rouged like a corpse, her tumid ankles peeking out, inflated and purple,†Rowbottom writes.

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The wife, convinced that Bibi’s presence would infect the unborn child, began to wrap woolen shawls around her tumid belly.

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Her tumid eyes filled with tears and she began to cry, rocking back and forth slowly in her chair with her hands lying in her lap like fallen moths.

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Anyone watching the videos of the killers hunting down helpless people in a café can have little tolerance for the tumid explanations of their grievances.

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