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Tumid Definition & Meaning

tumid
adjective
  1. ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
  2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
  3. of sexual organs; stiff and rigid

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What does tumid mean?
ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh" of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
What part of speech is tumid?
Tumid is an adjective.
How many definitions does tumid have?
Tumid has 3 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).

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