1. (a.) Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh\.

2. (a.) Rising above the level; protuberant.

3. (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.

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