tumid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite ostentatiously lofty in style
    bombastic; orotund; large; turgid; declamatory.
    • a man given to large talk
    • tumid political prose
  2. adjective satellite abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
    tumescent; puffy; intumescent; turgid.
    • hungry children with bloated stomachs
    • he had a grossly distended stomach
    • eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
    • swollen hands
    • tumescent tissue
    • puffy tumid flesh
  3. adjective satellite of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
    erect.

WordNet

Tu"mid adjective
Etymology
L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat. Cf. Thumb.
Definitions
  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, n.

Webster 1913