ppl. a. (erron. tumi-.) [f. next + -ED1, repr. L. tumefactus, pa. pple. of tumefacĕre.] Caused to swell, swollen. (Const. as pa. pple. or ppl. adj.) a. said of a bodily part thus morbidly affected.
1597. Lowe, Chirurg. (1634), 71. The signes of resolution are lightnesse or ease of the member tumified, diminution or dolour [etc.].
1691. Howe, Carnality Relig. Contention, Wks. (1846), 211. This angry, tumefied, proud flesh.
1748. Phil. Trans., XLV. 412. The Eye was inflamed, and the Lids tumefied.
1762. Gentl. Mag., 250. A tumefied tendon.
1847. Youatt, Horse, xii. 258. The parotids are a little tumefied.
b. generally. rare.
1651. Biggs, New Disp., ¶ 248. Tumified gumme.
1796. Kirwan, Elem. Min. (ed. 2), I. 314. Melted … into a spongy,… tumefied semitransparent mass.
1815. J. Smith, Panorama Sci. & Art, II. 726. Where a figure … is fore-shortened, the drapery must appear more tumefied.
c. fig. ‘Inflated’ or ‘puffed up’ with pride or the like. rare.
1677. Gilpin, Demonol. (1867), 114. Yet were they so tumefied with the apprehensions of their privileges.
1680. Baxter, Cath. Commun., Pref. A iij. The Crimes of a few tumified Sectarian Soldiers.
1892. G. Hake, Men. Eighty Y., 118. Tumid young men rigged out in newest apparel…. None of these tumefied gentlemen ever walked in a hurry.
