TU'MID, a. [L. tumidus, from tumeo, to swell.]
1. Being swelled, enlarged or distended; as a tumid leg; tumid flesh.2. Protuberant; rising above the level. So high as heav'd the tumid hills.3. Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; bombastic; falsely sublime; as a tumid expression; a tumid style.