Also Inflected form of swell
swollen
swol·len
adjective
abnormally expanded or increased in size; (`swollen'' is sometimes used in combination)
- “distended wineskins”
- “the need to clean out swollen inventories”
- “the raisins were plump and soft and swollen from being soaked”
- “huge blood-swollen mosquitoes”
characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance
- “a conceited fool”
- “an attitude of self-conceited arrogance”
- “an egotistical disregard of others”
- “so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty”
- “growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary”
- “vain about her clothes”
Origin
From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).
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