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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.
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tumid
"morbidly swollen," 1540s, from L. tumidus, from tumere "to swell" (see thigh). Figurative sense (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s.
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tumid tu·mid (t&oomacr;'mĭd, ty&oomacr;'-)
adj.
Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.
Of a bulging shape; protuberant.
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