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Tumidness

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.

  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. [1913 Webster] -- Tu"mid*ly, adv. -- Tu"mid*ness, n.

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tumidness

n. slight swelling of an organ or part [syn: tumidity]