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   Tumid , a. [L. tumidus, fr.  tumere to swell; cf. Skr. tumra strong, fat.  Cf. Thumb.]
   Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
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   Rising above the level; protuberant.
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   So high as heaved the tumid hills.
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   Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.
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   -- Tu"mid*ly, adv. -- Tu"mid*ness, n.
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