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   tu·mid

   /ˈto͞oməd/

   adjective

   • 1. (especially of a part of the body) swollen: "a tumid belly"
   • 2. (especially of language or literary style) pompous or bombastic: "tumid oratory" Similar bombasticpompousturgidoverblownoverripeinflatedhigh-flownaffectedpretentiousgrandiosefloridfloweryornatemagniloquentgrandiloquentrhetoricaloratoricalorotundlaboredstrainedstiltedinformal:highfalutinpurplewindyrare:euphuisticfustiansesquipedalianOssianicOpposite simple

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin tumidus, from tumere ‘to swell’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tumidity noun
   • 2. tumidly adverb

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