tumescent
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9.8
- adjective
- /tuˈmɛsənt/
- Specialized
:
tumefacto
- I'm tumescent.
Examples
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Now he takes out his huge, swaying tumescent cock.
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During the 1950s, his work obsessively projects the vision of home as a nightmarish slaughterhouse and mother as a tumescent freak.
Academic text (1999) -
You know, his engorged member, his tumescent love missile, his throbbing purple meat scepter.
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The shank, an imposing, tumescent orb the size of a baby's head, is first.
Blog text (8) -
In the combination of male and female, Twain's dress in the video emphasizes her performance of a tumescent kind of masculinity, from the starchy men's shirt to the top hat that she pops into an erection and her hard-on hair.
Academic text (2014) -
After the allergic reaction, her skin became tumescent, indicating swelling from fluid accumulation.
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The doctor explained that the tumescent tissue was a result of inflammation in the infected area.
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Following the exercise, his muscles looked tumescent, filled with the fluid that causes temporary swelling.
Synonyms
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3.2
A body part or object that is larger than normal because it has extra fluid inside
70
5.0
A part of the body that is swollen and uncomfortable from extra gas or liquid
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2.2
Rounded and soft in shape, often filled with air or soft material
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8.6
Being swollen because it is full of liquid
Swollen and puffed up because it fills with liquid or gas
A body part that is swollen in an unusual way, often from liquid or gas
Swollen body part filled with extra fluid or gas
Antonyms
How Swollen
Surface Forms
Morphology
tumescent = tumesc + ent
This is a learned Latinate adjective, and its meaning 'swollen' is not predictable for an average B1 learner from the stem and suffix alone.
Etymology
The word tumescent comes from the old Latin verb tumescere, which means 'to swell'. It is the same root as the word tumor, so tumescent describes tissue that is 'swollen' or becoming swollen.