Definition of tumescent in English:

tumescent

adjective tjʊˈmɛs(ə)ntt(j)uˈmɛs(ə)nt

1Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal.
（尤指受性刺激而）变大的；肿胀的
Synonyms
swollen, bloated, dilated, engorged, enlarged, inflated, stretched, blown up, pumped out, pumped up
2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or pretentious.
his prose is tumescent, full of orotund language

Derivatives

tumescence

noun tjʊˈmɛsənst(j)uˈmɛsns

tumescently

adverb

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin tumescent- 'beginning to swell', from the verb tumescere, from tumere 'to swell'.

Rhymes

acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent

Definition of tumescent in US English:

tumescent

adjectivet(y)o͞oˈmes(ə)ntt(j)uˈmɛs(ə)nt

1Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal.
（尤指受性刺激而）变大的；肿胀的
Synonyms
swollen, bloated, dilated, engorged, enlarged, inflated, stretched, blown up, pumped out, pumped up
2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or pretentious.
his prose is tumescent, full of orotund language

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Latin tumescent- ‘beginning to swell’, from the verb tumescere, from tumere ‘to swell’.

词汇	tumescent
释义	Definition of tumescent in English: tumescent adjective tjʊˈmɛs(ə)ntt(j)uˈmɛs(ə)nt 1Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal. （尤指受性刺激而）变大的；肿胀的 Synonyms swollen, bloated, dilated, engorged, enlarged, inflated, stretched, blown up, pumped out, pumped up 2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or pretentious. his prose is tumescent, full of orotund language Derivatives tumescence noun tjʊˈmɛsənst(j)uˈmɛsns tumescently adverb Origin Mid 19th century: from Latin tumescent- 'beginning to swell', from the verb tumescere, from tumere 'to swell'. Rhymes acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent Definition of tumescent in US English: tumescent adjectivet(y)o͞oˈmes(ə)ntt(j)uˈmɛs(ə)nt 1Swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal. （尤指受性刺激而）变大的；肿胀的 Synonyms swollen, bloated, dilated, engorged, enlarged, inflated, stretched, blown up, pumped out, pumped up 2(especially of language or literary style) pompous or pretentious. his prose is tumescent, full of orotund language Origin Mid 19th century: from Latin tumescent- ‘beginning to swell’, from the verb tumescere, from tumere ‘to swell’.
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