Category:Tumid

Tu"mid, a. Etym: [l. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra Strong, fat. Cf. Thumb.]

1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.

2. Rising above the level; protuberant. So high as heaved the tumid hills. Milton.

3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; Falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style. -- tu"mid*ly, adv. -- tu"mid*ness, n.