The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tumorous
Tumorous \Tu"mor*ous\, a. [L. tumorosus inflated.]
Swelling; protuberant. [R.]
--Sir H. Wotton.Inflated; bombastic. [R.]
--B. Jonson.
Wiktionary
tumorous
a. 1 Pertaining to or having the appearance of a tumor. 2 Covered with tumors.
Usage examples of "tumorous".
To either side of the original, central building were more modern wings of glass and concrete and beyond those, clusters of hollowed bioforms, pumpkins and squashes rearing their tumorous hulks against the green backdrop of parkland beyond.
The insidious parasite Agrobacter causes a tumorous swelling--a crown gall.