PROTUBERANT


Meaning of PROTUBERANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -b(ə-)rənt ]

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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