tumid

[ too-mid, tyoo- ]

adjective

1. swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.

   Synonyms: turgid, distended

2. pompous or inflated, as language; turgid; bombastic.

   Synonyms: flatulent

3. seeming to swell; bulging.

tumid

/ ˈtjuːmɪd /

adjective

1. (of an organ or part) enlarged or swollen
2. bulging or protuberant
3. pompous or fulsome in style

   tumid prose

Derived Forms

• ˈtumidly, adverb
• tuˈmidity, noun

Other Words From

• tu·midi·ty tumid·ness noun
• tumid·ly adverb
• un·tumid adjective
• un·tumid·ly adverb
• un·tumid·ness noun
• untu·midi·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of tumid¹

1535–45; < Latin tumidus swollen, equivalent to tum ( ēre ) to swell + -idus -id ⁴

Word History and Origins

Origin of tumid¹

C16: from Latin tumidus , from tumēre to swell

Example Sentences

Every night I was sure her face was as marked and deformed as it was possible for a face to be, but every morning it was somehow darker, more tumid.

From Literature

TS Eliot wrote of “faces / Distracted from distraction by distraction / Filled with fancies and empty of meaning / Tumid apathy with no concentration”.

From The Guardian

As a dedicated “G.o.T.”-er—converted by my nineteen-year-old daughter, who got me hooked last year after she’d endured one too many tumid lectures on the superiority of Tolkien—I have been waiting for the promised teaser, eager for the first hints of what the series’ finale might be.

From The New Yorker

“I found her unfamiliar, rouged like a corpse, her tumid ankles peeking out, inflated and purple,” Rowbottom writes.

From New York Times

The wife, convinced that Bibi’s presence would infect the unborn child, began to wrap woolen shawls around her tumid belly.

From Literature