From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
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2. Rising above the level; protuberant.
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So high as heaved the tumid hills. --Milton.
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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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tumid
adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large
talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: {bombastic},
{declamatory}, {large}, {orotund}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
2: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended
stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen
hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" [syn:
{puffy}, {intumescent}, {tumescent}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
3: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid [syn: {tumid}, {erect}]
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