tumid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).

Adjective

tumid (comparative more tumid, superlative most tumid)

1. swollen, enlarged, bulging
2. cancerous, unhealthy
3. pompous, bombastic
   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.

Synonyms

• tumescent
• turgescent
• turgid

Derived terms

• tumor