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protuberant


Main Entry: pro·tu·ber·ant
Pronunciation: \-b(ə-)rənt\
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin protuberant-, protuberans, present participle of protuberare to bulge out, from Latin pro- forward + tuber excrescence, swelling; perhaps akin to Latin tumēre to swell — more at thumb
Date: 1646

: thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass : prominent <protuberant eyes>

pro·tu·ber·ant·ly adverb




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