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tu·mid
(to͞o′mĭd, tyo͞o′-)adj.
1. Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.
2. Of a bulging shape; protuberant.
3. Overblown; bombastic: tumid political prose.
tu·mid′i·ty n.
tu′mid·ly adv.
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tumid
(ˈtjuːmɪd)adj
1. (of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen
2. (Physiology) bulging or protuberant
3. pompous or fulsome in style: tumid prose.
[C16: from Latin tumidus, from tumēre to swell]
tuˈmidity, ˈtumidness n
ˈtumidly adv
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tu•mid
(ˈtu mɪd, ˈtyu-)adj.
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.
[1535–45; < Latin tumidus swollen =tum(ēre) to swell + -idus -id4]
tu•mid′i•ty, n.
tu′mid•ly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. |  tumid - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
| 2. |  tumid - abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers" | |
| 3. |  tumid - of sexual organs; stiff and rigid physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms hard - resisting weight or pressure |
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tu·mid
a. túmido-a, hinchado-a.
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