Borrowed fromLatintumidus(“swollen”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːmɪd/,/ˈtuːmɪd/

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• Rhymes:-uːmɪd

tumid (comparativemoretumid,superlativemosttumid)

1. Swollen,enlarged,bulging.
2. Cancerous,unhealthy.
3. Pompous,bombastic.
   • 1837,Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, inThe French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London:Chapman and Hall,→OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes),page19:

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

• tumescent
• tumor
• turgescent
• turgid

Cognate withYamitomid.

tumid

1. chin

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