tumid

tu·mid

T0408600 (to͞o′mĭd, tyo͞o′-)adj.1. Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.2. Of a bulging shape; protuberant.3. Overblown; bombastic: tumid political prose.

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[Latin tumidus, from tumēre, to swell; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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tu·mid′i·ty n.tu′mid·ly adv.

tumid

(ˈtjuːmɪd) adj1. (of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen2. (Physiology) bulging or protuberant3. pompous or fulsome in style: tumid prose. [C16: from Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell] tuˈmidity, ˈtumidness n ˈtumidly adv

tu•mid

(ˈtu mɪd, ˈtyu-)

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; < Latin tumidus swollen =tum(ēre) to swell + -idus -id⁴] tu•mid′i•ty, n. tu′mid•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	tumid - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"bombastic, declamatory, orotund, turgid, largerhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
	2.	tumid - 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"intumescent, tumescent, turgid, puffyunhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
	3.	tumid - of sexual organs; stiff and rigid erectphysiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organismshard - resisting weight or pressure

tumid

adjectiveFilled up with or as if with something insubstantial:flatulent, inflated, overblown, tumescent, turgid, windy.

Translations

tumido