tumid
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈtjuːmɪd/, /ˈtuːmɪd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːmɪd
Adjective
[edit]tumid (comparative more tumid, superlative most tumid)
- Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
- Cancerous, unhealthy.
- Pompous, bombastic.
- 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:
- Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.
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[edit]tumid
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tumide or Latin tumidus.
Adjective
[edit]tumid m or n (feminine singular tumidă, masculine plural tumizi, feminine/neuter plural tumide)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | tumid | tumidă | tumizi | tumide | |||
| definite | tumidul | tumida | tumizii | tumidele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | tumid | tumide | tumizi | tumide | |||
| definite | tumidului | tumidei | tumizilor | tumidelor | ||||
References
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