tumid

  • 1Tumid — Tu mid, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. {Thumb}.] 1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster] So high as heaved the… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2tumid — TUMÍD adj. v. inflamat, tumefiat, umflat. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime  tumíd adj. m., pl. tumízi; f. sg. tumídă, pl. tumíde …

    Dicționar Român

  • 3Tumid — (v. lat.), angeschwollen, an einer Stelle aufgetrieben. Tumidität, das Geschwollensein …

    Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • 4tumid — index flatulent, fustian, grandiose, inflated (bombastic), inflated (enlarged), orotund, pretentious …

    Law dictionary

  • 5tumid — (adj.) morbidly swollen, 1540s, from L. tumidus, from tumere to swell (see THIGH (Cf. thigh)). Figurative sense (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 6tumid — *inflated, flatulent, turgid Analogous words: expanded, distended, swollen, dilated (see EXPAND): pretentious, *showy, ostentatious: bombastic, grandiloquent, magniloquent, *rhetorical …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 7tumid — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a part of the body) swollen or bulging. 2) (of language) pompous or bombastic. ORIGIN Latin tumidus, from tumere to swell …

    English terms dictionary

  • 8tumid — [to͞o′mid, tyo͞o′mid] adj. [L tumidus < tumere, to swell: see TUMOR] 1. swollen; bulging 2. inflated or pompous tumidity n. tumidness tumidly adv …

    English World dictionary

  • 9tumid — adjective Etymology: Latin tumidus, from tumēre Date: 1541 1. marked by swelling ; swollen, enlarged < a badly infected tumid leg > 2. protuberant, bulging < sails tumid in the breeze > 3. bombastic, turgid …

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  • 10tumid — Swollen, as by congestion, edema, hyperemia. SYN: turgid. [L. tumidus] * * * tu·mid t(y)ü məd adj marked by swelling: SWOLLEN &LT;an infected tumid leg&GT; tu·mid·i·ty t(y)ü mid ət ē …

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