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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tu•mes•cent (to̅o̅ mes′ənt, tyo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologyswelling;
slightly tumid. - exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions;
teeming. - pompous and pretentious, esp. in the use of language;
bombastic.
- Latin tumēscent- (stem of tumēscēns, present participle of tumēscere to begin to swell), equivalent. to tum(ēre) to swell + -ēscent- -escent
- 1880–85
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