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Protuberant definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROTU'BERANT, a. Swelling; prominent beyond the surrounding surface; as a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: curving outward [syn: bellied, bellying, bulbous, bulging, bulgy, protuberant]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Late Latin protuberant-, protuberans, present participle of protuberare to bulge out, from Latin pro- forward + tuber excrescence, swelling; perhaps akin to Latin tum?re to swell — more at thumb Date: 1646 thrusting out from a surrounding or adjacent surface often as a rounded mass ; prominent <protuberant eyes> • protuberantly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. bulging out; prominent (protuberant eyes; a protuberant fact). Derivatives: protuberance n. Etymology: LL protuberare (as PRO-(1), tuber bump)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Protuberant Pro*tu"ber*ant, a. [L. protuberans, -antis, p. pr. of protuberare. See Protuberate.] Prominent, or excessively prominent; bulging beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; swelling; as, a protuberant joint; a protuberant eye. -- Pro*tu"ber*ant*ly, adv.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Protuberant eyes, lips, noses, or teeth stick out more than usual from the face. (FORMAL) = protruding ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Projecting, prominent, bulging, swelling.

Moby Thesaurus

beetling, bold, bulbous, bulging, distended, eminent, emissile, excrescent, excrescential, extruding, extrusive, gibbous, jutting, outstanding, overhanging, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protrudent, protruding, protrusile, protrusive, protuberating, salient, swelling, swollen, tumescent, tumid, turgid