Tumid

//ˈtjuːmɪd// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
  2. 2
    Cancerous, unhealthy.
  3. 3
    Pompous, bombastic.

    "Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of sexual organs; stiff and rigid wordnet
  2. 2
    abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas wordnet
  3. 3
    ostentatiously lofty in style wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
tumescentturgescentturgidarrogantaureatebellied

Example

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"Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).

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