Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tumid \Tu"mid\, a. [L. tumidus, fr. tumere to swell; cf. Skr.
   tumra strong, fat. Cf. {Thumb}.]
   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. -- {Tu"mid*ly}, adv. --
      {Tu"mid*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

tumid
     adj 1: ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
            "tumid political prose" [syn: {bombastic}, {declamatory},
             {large}, {orotund}, {turgid}]
     2: abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry
        children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly
        distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids";
        "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"
        [syn: {bloated}, {distended}, {puffed}, {puffy}, {swollen},
         {tumescent}, {turgid}]
     3: of sexual organs; stiff and rigid [syn: {erect}]