tumid (too’-mid) adj. 1: marked by swelling, swollen, enlarged. 2: protuberant, bulging. 3: bombastic, turgid. [from Latin tumidus, from tumere “to swell.”]   Fact of the week: The...

Word of the week: Micawber: (mik-kaw’-bur) n. one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune.  Fact of the week: 1 in 5,000 north Atlantic lobsters are born bright blue.  Did...