protuberant
adjective
pro·tu·ber·ant
prō-ˈtü-b(ə-)rənt 
-ˈtyü-
: thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass : prominent
protuberant eyes
protuberantly
adverb
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His eyesight was failing and his eyes were bloodshot and protuberant.
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Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
Hours and hours of rubbing abrasive pumice across the roughened marble resulted in the lustrous surfaces of the sculpture, including the high sheen of Pan’s taut chest and ribs, muscular right arm, and protuberant belly.
—William A. Wallace, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
Whereas Vaslav’s unorthodox looks infatuated many people, hers (protuberant teeth and lips, stocky body, flat chest, powerful thighs) alienated many.
—Alastair MacAulay, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
And the rear of the case is deeper to accommodate a protuberant rear camera—hinting that the next iPad will see a big camera upgrade.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
On another branch nearby was an Oustalet’s chameleon the size of a rabbit, rotating one of its protuberant eyeballs in stop-and-start circles.
—Dyan MacHan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
Tourists were free to go to Gibraltar, which is literally a bright spot—an anomalous British territory on a headland on the sunny southern coast of Spain, just over a tenth of the area of Manhattan, most of which is protuberant rock.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 May 2021
Bevelled edges flirt with object-ness, making the works seem fat material presentations, protuberant from walls, rather than pictures.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
Meanwhile, Angela is carrying on with protuberant tennis pro Tony Parker (Andrew Carter), who becomes the object of lust to both Edith and Angela's gay son, Lance (Tom DeTrinis).
—F. Kathleen Foley, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
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Hermione Lee, The New York Review of Books, 21 Sep. 2022
Hours and hours of rubbing abrasive pumice across the roughened marble resulted in the lustrous surfaces of the sculpture, including the high sheen of Pan’s taut chest and ribs, muscular right arm, and protuberant belly.
—William A. Wallace, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
Whereas Vaslav’s unorthodox looks infatuated many people, hers (protuberant teeth and lips, stocky body, flat chest, powerful thighs) alienated many.
—Alastair MacAulay, The New York Review of Books, 29 Dec. 2022
And the rear of the case is deeper to accommodate a protuberant rear camera—hinting that the next iPad will see a big camera upgrade.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
On another branch nearby was an Oustalet’s chameleon the size of a rabbit, rotating one of its protuberant eyeballs in stop-and-start circles.
—Dyan MacHan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2022
Tourists were free to go to Gibraltar, which is literally a bright spot—an anomalous British territory on a headland on the sunny southern coast of Spain, just over a tenth of the area of Manhattan, most of which is protuberant rock.
—Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 26 May 2021
Bevelled edges flirt with object-ness, making the works seem fat material presentations, protuberant from walls, rather than pictures.
—Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
Meanwhile, Angela is carrying on with protuberant tennis pro Tony Parker (Andrew Carter), who becomes the object of lust to both Edith and Angela's gay son, Lance (Tom DeTrinis).
—F. Kathleen Foley, latimes.com, 17 May 2018
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“Protuberant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/protuberant. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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protuberant
adjective
pro·tu·ber·ant
prō-ˈt(y)ü-b(ə-)rənt
: bulging beyond the surrounding surface
Medical Definition
protuberant
adjective
pro·tu·ber·ant
-b(ə-)rənt
: bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface : prominent
protuberant eyes
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