tumid
Definitions
(Of a body part) swollen or enlarged.
（指身体部位）肿胀的、鼓起的。
(Of writing or speech) pompous and overblown; inflated in style.
（指文章或言辞）浮夸的、华而不实的；文风臃肿的。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedtum (swell) + -id (adjective ending) = 'swollen.' The literal sense — tumid flesh, a tumid river — slides into a figurative one: tumid prose is writing that is bloated and puffed up with grand words, the same leap English makes with 'inflated' and 'bloated.'
Root tum still carries 6 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.tumid prose浮夸的散文
- 2.tumid style浮夸的文风
- 3.tumid flesh肿胀的肌肤
- 4.tumid rhetoric夸张的言辞
Example Sentences
- 1.
The doctor examined the patient's tumid ankle.
- 2.
His tumid prose buried a simple idea under fancy words.
- 3.
Critics dismissed the speech as tumid and self-important.
Easily Confused
tumid vs turgid — Both mean 'swollen' and both can mock pompous writing. tumid leans slightly more medical/physical (tumid flesh); turgid is the more common word for bloated, hard-to-read prose. For overblown writing, turgid is the safer everyday choice.