TU'MID, adjective [Latin tumidus, from tumeo, to swell.] 1. Being swelled, enlarged or distended; as a tumid leg; tumid flesh. 2. Protuberant; rising above the level. So high as heav'd the tumid hills. 3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; bombastic; falsely sublime; as a tumid expression; a tumid style.
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