Tumidness

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The condition of being swollen, puffed up or distended beyond normal size ; an inflated, pompous quality of style or manner
2. Swelling or bloated fullness in a body part ; grandiloquent, overblown quality in speech or writing
3. A state of being distended or enlarged ; a pretentious, bombastic character in language or bearing

Etymology: "Tumidness" is a plain compound: the adjective "tumid" with the suffix "-ness," which turns an adjective into a noun for a quality or state. "Tumid" itself comes from Latin "tumidus," meaning swollen or puffed up, from the verb "tumere," to swell. So the word literally names the condition of being swollen, a physical sense that English has kept alive alongside its more figurative uses for something puffed up in style or manner.

Synonyms: tumidity, swelling, turgidity, bloatedness

Antonyms: flatness, deflation