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Webster 1913 Edition

Tumid

Tu′mid

,
Adj.
[L.
tumidus
, fr.
tumere
to swell; cf. Skr.
tumra
strong, fat. Cf.
Thumb
.]
1.
Swelled, enlarged, or distended;
as, a
tumid
leg;
tumid
flesh.
2.
Rising above the level; protuberant.
So high as heaved the
tumid
hills.
Milton.
3.
Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid;
as, a
tumid
expression; a
tumid
style
.
–
Tu′mid-ly
,
adv.
–
Tu′mid-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Tumid

TU'MID

,
Adj.
[L. tumidus, from tumeo, to swell.]
1.
Being swelled, enlarged or distended; as a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
2.
Protuberant; rising above the level.
So high as heav'd the tumid hills.
3.
Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; bombastic; falsely sublime; as a tumid expression; a tumid style.

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