tumid
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈtjuːmɪd/ / /ˈtuːmɪd/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tum-der. Latin tumeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin tumidusbor. English tumid Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).
- Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
- Cancerous, unhealthy.
- Pompous, bombastic.
“Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.”