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    tumid - Dictionary definition and meaning for word tumid

    Definition
    (adj) ostentatiously lofty in style
    Example Sentence
    • a man given to large talk
    • tumid political prose
    Definition
    (adj) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas
    Synonyms : intumescent , puffy , tumescent , turgid
    Example Sentence
    • hungry children with bloated stomachs
    • he had a grossly distended stomach
    • eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids
    • swollen hands
    • tumescent tissue
    • puffy tumid flesh
    Definition
    (adj) of sexual organs; stiff and rigid
    Synonyms : erect
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for tumid

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tumid has the first three letters common with TUMOUR, which is a swollen mass or ball of cells. So tumid is swollen, or distended.

i go with tenzingocha..but u get confused with other words starting with TUM..so consider TUMID= TUMMY(stomach)+EXPANDED

tum(y)is bulged in id(festival)

TUMID and EXPANDED refer to something swollen or bulging out.

tummy....is swollen.

TUMID= Tummy + Increasing + Daily so swollen or distended

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