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tumescent

English

Etymology

From Latin tum?sc?ns (“swelling, bloating”)

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /tu?m?s?nt/, /tju?m?s?nt/
  • Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

tumescent (comparative more tumescent, superlative most tumescent)

  1. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
  2. Inflated or overblown.
    • 1982, Arlene Croce, Going to the Dance (page 395)
      I think that in Gloria MacMillan uses this tumescent language for a comparatively modest purpose — to show how it was between men and women in the war — and the language inflates and perverts his meaning unconscionably.

Synonyms

  • tumid
  • turgescent
  • turgid

Related terms

Translations

Latin

Verb

tum?scent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of tum?sc?

Romanian

Etymology

From French tumescent

Adjective

tumescent m or n (feminine singular tumescent?, masculine plural tumescen?i, feminine and neuter plural tumescente)

  1. tumescent

Declension

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engorged

English

Verb

engorged

  1. simple past tense and past participle of engorge

Adjective

engorged (comparative more engorged, superlative most engorged)

  1. Overly filled with fluid; used especially of blood vessels.

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