tumidity

  • 81tumid — adj. 1 (of parts of the body etc.) swollen, inflated. 2 (of a style etc.) inflated, bombastic. Derivatives: tumidity n. tumidly adv. tumidness n. Etymology: L tumidus f. tumere swell …

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  • 82tur|gid|i|ty — «tur JIHD uh tee», noun. 1. turgid condition or quality; tumidity. 2. Figurative. bombast; pomposity: »Turgidity, and a false grandeur of diction (Joseph Warton) …

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