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adjective
1.
swelling; slightly tumid.
2.
exhibiting or affected with many ideas or emotions; teeming.
3.
pompous and pretentious, especially in the use of language; bombastic.
Origin:
1880–85; < Latin tumēscent- (stem of tumēscēns, present participle of tumēscere to begin to swell), equivalent to tum(ēre) to swell + -ēscent- -escent
1880–85; < Latin tumēscent- (stem of tumēscēns, present participle of tumēscere to begin to swell), equivalent to tum(ēre) to swell + -ēscent- -escent
Related forms
tu·mes·cence, noun
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tumescent tu·mes·cent (t&oomacr;-měs'ənt, ty&oomacr;-)
adj.
Somewhat tumid.
Becoming swollen; swelling.
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