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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
tumid (comparative more tumid, superlative most tumid)
- swollen, enlarged, bulging
- cancerous, unhealthy
- pompous, bombastic
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:Tumid blustering, with more or less of sincerity, which need not be entirely sincere, yet the sincerer the better, is like to go far.
Ivatan
Etymology
Cognate with Yami tomid.
Noun
tumid
- chin