[pro.tu.ber.ant] adj [LL protuberant-, protuberans, prp. of protuberare to bulge out, fr. L pro- forward + tuber excrescence, swelling; perh. akin to L tumere to swell--more at thumb] (1646) 1: thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass: prominent
2: forcing itself into consciousness: obtrusive -- pro.tu.ber.ant.ly adv