tumid

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈtjuːmɪd/, /ˈtuːmɪd/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːmɪd

Adjective[edit]

tumid (comparative more tumid, superlative most tumid)

  1. swollen, enlarged, bulging
  2. cancerous, unhealthy
  3. pompous, bombastic
    • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
      Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.

Related terms[edit]

Ivatan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Yami tomid.

Noun[edit]

tumid

  1. chin
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