tumescent

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/tuˈmɛsənt/(US)
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/tuˈmɛsənt/(US) · /tjuˈmɛsənt/(US)

Definition of tumescent

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
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adj

  1. Swollen or distended with fluid, as of erectile tissue.
  2. Inflated or overblown.
    “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.”

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Etymology

From Latin tumēscēns (“swelling, bloating”).

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