inflated


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
inflate/ɪnˈfleɪt/
verb
  • 1 expand or cause to expand by filling with air or gas.
  • 2 increase by a large or excessive amount.

    ■ (usu. as adj. inflated) exaggerate.

  • 3 bring about inflation of (a currency) or in (an economy).
– derivatives
inflatedly adverb,
inflater (also inflator) noun.
– origin ME: from L. inflat-, inflare ‘blow into’, from in- ‘into’ + flare ‘to blow’.
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