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Tumescent

tjuːˈmɛsnt

Tumescent definitions

adjective

Inflections:

tumescent

swollen or becoming swollen, especially as a response to sexual arousal

Synonyms:
swollen bloated tumescent dilated engorged enlarged inflated stretched blown up pumped up/out
(especially of language or literary style) pompous or pretentious

"his prose is tumescent, full of orotund language"