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81Swelling — Swell Swell, v. i. [imp. {Swelled}; p. p. {Swelled} or {Swollen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swelling}.] [AS. swellan; akin to D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella, Sw. sv[ a]lla.] 1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior… …
82Swollen — Swell Swell, v. i. [imp. {Swelled}; p. p. {Swelled} or {Swollen}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swelling}.] [AS. swellan; akin to D. zwellen, OS. & OHG. swellan, G. schwellen, Icel. svella, Sw. sv[ a]lla.] 1. To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior… …
83Tumid — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster] So high as heaved the… …
84Tumidly — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster] So high as heaved …
85Tumidness — 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Rising above the level; protuberant. [1913 Webster] So high as heaved …
86Turgent — Tur gent, a. [L. turgens, entis, p. pr. of turgere to swell.] 1. Rising into a tumor, or a puffy state; swelling; tumid; as, turgent humors. [1913 Webster] 2. Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous. [1913 Webster] Recompensed with turgent titles.… …
87tumid — adjective Etymology: Latin tumidus, from tumēre Date: 1541 1. marked by swelling ; swollen, enlarged < a badly infected tumid leg > 2. protuberant, bulging < sails tumid in the breeze > 3. bombastic, turgid …
88George Augustus Henry Sala — (24 November 1828 ndash; 8 December 1895), English journalist, was born in London; his father (1792 ndash;1828) being the son of an Italian who came to London to arrange ballets at the theatres, and his mother (1789 ndash;1860) an actress and… …
89fustian — /fus cheuhn/, n. 1. a stout fabric of cotton and flax. 2. a fabric of stout twilled cotton or of cotton and low quality wool, with a short nap or pile. 3. inflated or turgid language in writing or speaking: Fustian can t disguise the author s… …
90grandiloquent — grandiloquently, adv. /gran dil euh kweuhnt/, adj. speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic. [1585 95; GRANDILOQU(ENCE) + ENT] Syn. turgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious. Ant. simple, sincere. * …
