Tū'mid, a.

[Fr. tumide, Sp. & It. tumido, Lat. tumidus, from tumere, to swell.]

1. Swelled, enlarged, or distended; as, a tumid leg; tumid flesh.
2. Rising above the level; protuberant. “So high as heaved the tumid hills.” Milton.
3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style.