tumescent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edittumescent (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
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editswollen or distended with fluid
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inflated or overblown
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French
editAdjective
edittumescent (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
editVerb
edittumēscent
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French tumescent.
Adjective
edittumescent m or n (feminine singular tumescentă, masculine plural tumescenți, feminine and neuter plural tumescente)
Declension
editDeclension of tumescent
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 |
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