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extuberant, a. Now rare.|ɛkˈstjuːbərənt|
[ad. L. extūberant-em, pr. pple. of extūberāre to swell out, f. ex- out + tūber a swelling.]
Swelling or standing out, protuberant.
1578Banister Hist. Man v. 70 The Orifices [of the ventricle] towardes the interiour partes, obtaine a swelled, or more extuberant part like a circle. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes iv. viii. 223 Shaking her extuberant and reverst lips. 1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 216 Scrapes off the extuberant Mettle. 1793Smeaton Edystone L. §197 A substance..which..in time becomes so extuberant as to deform the face of the walls. 1819in Todd; and in mod. Dicts. |