Tumescent
//tuˈmɛsənt// adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
- 2 Inflated or overblown.
"I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably."
Adjective
- 1 abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas wordnet
Example
More examples"I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably."
Etymology
From Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”).
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