| Back | tumid /TOO-mid, TYOO-/ |
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| Front | adjective 1. Swollen. 2. Bulging. 3. Pompous, bombastic. [From Latin tumere (to swell). Earliest documented use: 1541.] "Her tumid eyes filled with tears and she began to cry." - Joseph Heller; Catch-22; Simon & Schuster; 1961. "Think of all the suits in marketing, communications, and public relations who clog up the institutional arteries with their tumid prose and clichéd sound bites." - Blaise Cronin; Bloomington Days; AuthorHouse; 2012. |
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