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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”).

  1. Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
  2. Cancerous, unhealthy.
  3. 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.”