tu·mid

(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.

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

tu·mid′i·ty n.

tu′mid·ly adv.

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tumid

(ˈtjuːmɪd)

adj

1. (of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen

2. (Physiology) bulging or protuberant

3. pompous or fulsome in style: tumid prose.

[C16: from Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell]

tuˈmidity, ˈtumidness n

ˈtumidly adv

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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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	tumid - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" bombastic, declamatory, orotund, turgid, large rhetorical - 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, puffy unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
	3.	tumid - of sexual organs; stiff and rigid erect physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms hard - resisting weight or pressure

tumid

adjective

Filled up with or as if with something insubstantial:

flatulent, inflated, overblown, tumescent, turgid, windy.

Translations

tumido

tumid

[ˈtjuːmɪd] ADJ → túmido

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tumid

adj (Med) → geschwollen; (fig) style → geschwollen; speech → schwülstig

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tu·mid

a. túmido-a, hinchado-a.