tumid
adjective
[ ˈtjuːmɪd ]
• (especially of a part of the body) swollen.
• "a tumid belly"
Similar:
swollen,
distended,
tumescent,
engorged,
tumefied,
enlarged,
bloated,
bulging,
protuberant,
bulbous,
puffy,
puffed up,
oedematose,
oedematous,
dropsical,
turgescent,
ventricose,
• (especially of language or literary style) pompous or bombastic.
• "tumid oratory"
Similar:
bombastic,
pompous,
turgid,
overblown,
overripe,
inflated,
high-flown,
affected,
pretentious,
grandiose,
florid,
flowery,
ornate,
magniloquent,
grandiloquent,
rhetorical,
oratorical,
orotund,
laboured,
strained,
stilted,
highfalutin,
purple,
windy,
euphuistic,
fustian,
sesquipedalian,
Ossianic,
Origin:
mid 16th century: from Latin tumidus, from tumere ‘to swell’.
