tumid

tumid
adj
1. swollen, enlarged, bloated, puffed up or out, puffy, Pathol. dropsical, Pathol. edematous, Pathol. edematose, Bot., Entomol. incras-sate; tumescent, turgid, inflated, Obs. sufflated, distended, expanded, dilated, Pathol., Bot. hypertro-phied; full, filled, stuffed, overfilled, overstuffed.
2. bombastic, pompous, orotund, fustian, pretentious, overinflated, overblown, flatulent, plethoric; grandiose, magniloquent, grandiloquent, Johnsonian, Ossianic, sonorous, sesquipedalian; high-sounding, high-flown, lofty, Inf. highfalutin; rhetorical, oratorical, declamatory, ranting, extravagant; ostentatious, flamboyant, ornate, flowery, florid.
3. bulging, protuberant, gibbous, bulbous, bilging, bulging or bilging out; projecting, protruding, protrusive, conspicuous, prominent, protrusile; excrescent, Bot. excurrent; extrusive, jutting; overlapping, overhanging; convex, excurved, excurvate.

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  • Tumid — Tu mid, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. {Thumb}.] 1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster] So high as heaved the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tumid — TUMÍD adj. v. inflamat, tumefiat, umflat. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  tumíd adj. m., pl. tumízi; f. sg. tumídă, pl. tumíde …   Dicționar Român

  • Tumid — (v. lat.), angeschwollen, an einer Stelle aufgetrieben. Tumidität, das Geschwollensein …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • tumid — index flatulent, fustian, grandiose, inflated (bombastic), inflated (enlarged), orotund, pretentious …   Law dictionary

  • tumid — (adj.) morbidly swollen, 1540s, from L. tumidus, from tumere to swell (see THIGH (Cf. thigh)). Figurative sense (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s …   Etymology dictionary

  • tumid — *inflated, flatulent, turgid Analogous words: expanded, distended, swollen, dilated (see EXPAND): pretentious, *showy, ostentatious: bombastic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, *rhetorical …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tumid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a part of the body) swollen or bulging. 2) (of language) pompous or bombastic. ORIGIN Latin tumidus, from tumere to swell …   English terms dictionary

  • tumid — [to͞o′mid, tyo͞o′mid] adj. [L tumidus < tumere, to swell: see TUMOR] 1. swollen; bulging 2. inflated or pompous tumidity n. tumidness tumidly adv …   English World dictionary

  • tumid — adjective Etymology: Latin tumidus, from tumēre Date: 1541 1. marked by swelling ; swollen, enlarged < a badly infected tumid leg > 2. protuberant, bulging < sails tumid in the breeze > 3. bombastic, turgid …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • tumid — Swollen, as by congestion, edema, hyperemia. SYN: turgid. [L. tumidus] * * * tu·mid t(y)ü məd adj marked by swelling: SWOLLEN <an infected tumid leg> tu·mid·i·ty t(y)ü mid ət ē …   Medical dictionary

  • tumid — [ tju:mɪd] adjective 1》 (of a part of the body) swollen or bulging. 2》 pompous or bombastic: tumid oratory. Derivatives tumidity noun tumidly adverb Origin C16: from L. tumidus, from tumere to swell …   English new terms dictionary

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