Word of the Day for Thursday June 2, 2005
tumid \TOO-mid; TYOO-\, adjective:
1. Swollen, enlarged, or distended; as, "a tumid leg."
2. Bulging; protuberant.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; inflated; bombastic.
Oedema -- swelling of the tissues caused by fluid retention
-- had left his face pouchy and tumid.
--Ian Thomson, "Bringing my father home," [1]Independent,
December 14, 2003
Give me your tumid, your sore, your glutted tummies,
churning with hot dogs and ice cream...
--David Nevers, "Chicken Soup in the Melting Pot," [2]The
Record, August 27, 1994
The faults throughout are the same, a tumid style,
generality of emotion, imprecision of image and no definite
location of anything.
--T. S. Eliot, letter to J.V. Healy, November 22, 1932
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Tumid comes from Latin tumidus, from tumere, "to swell."
Synonyms: bloated, distended, inflated, puffed, puffy. [3]Find
more at Thesaurus.com.
www.dictionary.com
tumid \TOO-mid; TYOO-\, adjective:
1. Swollen, enlarged, or distended; as, "a tumid leg."
2. Bulging; protuberant.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; inflated; bombastic.
Oedema -- swelling of the tissues caused by fluid retention
-- had left his face pouchy and tumid.
--Ian Thomson, "Bringing my father home," [1]Independent,
December 14, 2003
Give me your tumid, your sore, your glutted tummies,
churning with hot dogs and ice cream...
--David Nevers, "Chicken Soup in the Melting Pot," [2]The
Record, August 27, 1994
The faults throughout are the same, a tumid style,
generality of emotion, imprecision of image and no definite
location of anything.
--T. S. Eliot, letter to J.V. Healy, November 22, 1932
_________________________________________________________
Tumid comes from Latin tumidus, from tumere, "to swell."
Synonyms: bloated, distended, inflated, puffed, puffy. [3]Find
more at Thesaurus.com.
www.dictionary.com
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