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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [ 1913 Webster ]

So high as heaved the tumid hills. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being tumid. [ 1913 Webster ]