English Explanatory Dictionary

tumid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
  2. Cancerous, unhealthy.
  3. Pompous, bombastic.

Pronunciation

/ˈtjuːmɪd/ /ˈtuːmɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tumid.wav

Word forms

tumid more tumid most tumid

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”).

Synonyms

distended extuberant turgid boln bulging bulled farced nodose puffed protuberant swollen tumid sick unwell ailing bad crank crook green about the gills icky ill indisposed infirm like death warmed over lousy maladive mawkish off one's feed on the Pat and Mick out of sorts Pat and Mick poorly punk puny queer ropy rough sickish sickly sick as a dog sick as a parrot under the weather unhealthy valetudinarian valetudinary grandiloquent magniloquent

Related words

tumescent tumor turgescent turgid
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