TUMID

tumid. Tumid, a. swelled, puffed up, big, pompous, proud

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Tu″mid (?), a. [[L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. Thumb.]] 1. 1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
2. 2. Rising above the level; protuberant.
So high as heaved the tumid hills. Milton. 3. 3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.
— Tu″mid‐ly, adv. — Tu″mid‐ness, n.