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tumeo.

to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[ˈtʊ.me.oː]Classical-Latin[ˈtuː.me.o]
  1. to be swollen, turgid, distended, puffed out or inflated, to swell

    conjugation-2 · no-perfect
  2. to be excited or violent, ready to burst forth

    conjugation-2 · figuratively · no-perfect
  3. to be puffed out or inflated with pride

    conjugation-2 · figuratively · no-perfect
  4. to be turgid, pompous or bombastic

    conjugation-2 · figuratively · no-perfect
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *tumēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative verb of *tum- (“to swell”). Cognates include Latin tūber, Sanskrit तुम्र (túmra, “big, strong”) and तूतुम (tūtumá, “strong, effective”), Lithuanian tumė́ti (“to become thick”), Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos, “swell”). ((figurative) to be excited or violent): Compare typologically Russian возбуха́ть (vozbuxátʹ).

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