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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The condition of being tumid; swollenness, distension. countable, uncountable

   "There is, however, one [passage] in No. 11, which is blown up into such tumidity, as to be truly ludicrous."

2. 2
   slight swelling of an organ or part wordnet

Synonyms

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affectationbig talkbloatboilbombastbump

Example

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"There is, however, one [passage] in No. 11, which is blown up into such tumidity, as to be truly ludicrous."

Etymology

From tumid + -ity, after Latin tumiditās.

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