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tumidness
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Tumidness
(gcide) | Tumid \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.
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2. Rising above the level; protuberant.
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So high as heaved the tumid hills. --Milton.
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3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated;
bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid
expression; a tumid style.
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tumidness
(wn) | tumidness
n 1: slight swelling of an organ or part [syn: tumidity,
tumidness] |
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Tumidness
(gcide) | Tumid \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.
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2. Rising above the level; protuberant.
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So high as heaved the tumid hills. --Milton.
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3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated;
bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid
expression; a tumid style.
[1913 Webster] -- Tu"mid*ly, adv. -- Tu"mid*ness, n.
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