"morbidly swollen," 1540s, from Latin tumidus "swollen, swelling, rising high," figuratively "swollen with anger or pride," from tumere "to swell," from PIE root *teue- (2) "to swell" (see thigh). Figurative sense in English (in reference to prose, etc.) is attested from 1640s. Related: Tumidity.
tumid 英文释义
1. ostentatiously lofty in style;
"a man given to large talk"
"tumid political prose"
2. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas;
