tumescent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tumescent (comparative more tumescent, superlative most tumescent)
- Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
- 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 edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
swollen or distended with fluid
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inflated or overblown
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French edit
Adjective edit
tumescent (feminine tumescente, masculine plural tumescents, feminine plural tumescentes)
Further reading edit
- “tumescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
tumēscent
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French tumescent.
Adjective edit
tumescent m or n (feminine singular tumescentă, masculine plural tumescenți, feminine and neuter plural tumescente)
Declension edit
Declension of tumescent
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | tumescent | tumescentă | tumescenți | tumescente | ||
| definite | tumescentul | tumescenta | tumescenții | tumescentele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | tumescent | tumescente | tumescenți | tumescente | ||
| definite | tumescentului | tumescentei | tumescenților | tumescentelor | |||