Tumidity

tu·mid  (tmd, ty-)

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 tumre, to swell; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]

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tu·midi·ty n.

tumid·ly adv.

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Noun

1.

tumidity - slight swelling of an organ or part tumidness puffiness, swelling, lump - an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement tumescence - tumidity resulting from the presence of blood or other fluid in the tissues