01 a. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
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Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
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2.
Rising above the level; protuberant.“So high as heaved the tumid hills.” — Milton.
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3.
Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.