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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tu•mid (to̅o̅′mid, tyo̅o̅′-),USA pronunciation adj. - Pathologyswollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
- pompous or inflated, as language;
turgid; bombastic. - seeming to swell;
bulging.
- Latin tumidus swollen, equivalent. to tum(ēre) to swell + -idus -id4
- 1535–45
tu•mid′i•ty, tu′mid•ness, n. tu′mid•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged distended, turgid.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flatulent.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged deflated.
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