tumid
adj/ˈtjuːmɪd/ · /ˈtuːmɪd/
Etymology 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.1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 19:
- Related terms
- tumescent, tumor, turgescent, turgid