| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tu·mid |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  t  m d, ty- |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ. 2. Of a bulging shape; protuberant. 3. Overblown; bombastic: tumid political prose. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin tumidus, from tum re, to swell. See teu - in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | tu·midi·ty —NOUN
tumid·ly —ADVERB
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