tumid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtjuːmɪd/
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈtuːmɪd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tum-der. Latin tumeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin tumidusbor. English tumid Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).
Meanings
- Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
- Cancerous, unhealthy.
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Pompous, bombastic.
Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book I (The Feast of Pikes), page 19:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more tumid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most tumid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
tumidness · tumidity · tumidly
Relateds
tumor · tumescent · turgid · turgescent
Synonyms
distended · sick as a parrot · on the Pat and Mick · crank · ropy · puny · sick · farced · infirm · sick · off one's feed · extuberant · valetudinarian · out of sorts · boln · under the weather · unwell · protuberant · maladive · bulled · puffed · crook · bulging · ill · bad · ailing · sickish · icky · sickly · extuberant · punk · rough · Pat and Mick · sick as a dog · mawkish · turgid · turgid · tumid · like death warmed over · indisposed · turgid · distended · grandiloquent · swollen · magniloquent · valetudinary · lousy · unhealthy · queer · nodose · poorly · tumid · green about the gills · unwell