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protuberancy

[proh-too-ber-uhn-see, -tyoo-, pruh-]

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noun

plural

protuberancies

protuberance.

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Other Word Forms

nonprotuberancy noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of protuberancy¹

First recorded in 1645–55; protuber(ant) + -ancy

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The marks were blewish, very small, and had no protuberancy above the skin.

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He was of that easy sort of feather-bed corpulency of form that betokens good-nature, and had none of that smooth, red, well-filled protuberancy, which indicates a choleric humour and a testy temper.

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protuberance protuberant

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