tumid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tumidus (“swollen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːmɪd/, /ˈtuːmɪd/

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• Rhymes: -uːmɪd

Adjective

tumid (comparative more tumid, superlative most tumid)

1. Swollen, enlarged, bulging.
2. Cancerous, unhealthy.
3. 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.

Related terms

• tumescent
• tumor
• turgescent
• turgid

Ivatan

Etymology

Cognate with Yami tomid.

Noun

tumid

1. chin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tumide or Latin tumidus.

Adjective

tumid m or n (feminine singular tumidă, masculine plural tumizi, feminine and neuter plural tumide)

1. tumid, inflated, swollen

   Synonym: umflat

Declension

Declension of tumid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	tumid		tumidă		tumizi	tumide
	definite	tumidul		tumida		tumizii	tumidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	tumid		tumide		tumizi	tumide
	definite	tumidului		tumidei		tumizilor	tumidelor

References

• tumid in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN