tumid

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈtjuːmɪd/
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/ˈtjuːmɪd/ · /ˈtuːmɪd/

Definition of tumid

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
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adj

  1. Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
  2. Cancerous, unhealthy.
  3. Pompous, bombastic.
    “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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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tum-der. Latin tumeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin tumidusbor. English tumid Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).

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