tumescent

English

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈmɛsənt/, /tjuˈmɛsənt/
• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

tumescent (comparative more tumescent, superlative most tumescent)

1. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
2. Inflated or overblown.
   • 1982, Arlene Croce, Going to the dance (page 395)

     I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably.

Synonyms

• tumid
• turgescent
• turgid

Translations

swollen or distended with fluid

• Maori: uruumu
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• Portuguese: tumescente, intumescente

inflated or overblown

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• French: ^{(please verify)} tumescent (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} tumescente (fr) f
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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) tumēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of tumēscō