1. the state of being swollen or enlarged
Usage: medical
2. pompous or inflated style in speech or writing
Usage: formal

Examples

• The doctor examined the tumidity in the patient’s ankle after the injury.
• Ice was applied to reduce the tumidity caused by the bee sting.
• The critic dismissed the novel’s tumidity and pretentious language.
• His speech was marked by unnecessary tumidity that obscured his main points.
• The tumidity of the infected tissue was clearly visible.
• She preferred clear writing over the tumidity of academic jargon.