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TUMID
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tumid mean?
• TUMID (adjective)
The adjective TUMID has 3 senses:
1. ostentatiously lofty in style
2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
3. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
Familiarity information: TUMID used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ostentatiously lofty in style
Synonyms:
bombastic; declamatory; large; orotund; tumid; turgid
Context example:
tumid political prose
Similar:
rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
Synonyms:
intumescent; puffy; tumescent; tumid; turgid
Context example:
puffy tumid flesh
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
Derivation:
tumidity; tumidness (slight swelling of an organ or part)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
Synonyms:
erect; tumid
Similar:
hard (resisting weight or pressure)
Domain category:
physiology (the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms)
Derivation:
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