† extuberancen.
/ɛkˈstjuːbərəns/ ? Obsolete.
a. The quality or condition of being extuberant.
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?1624 G. Chapman tr. Crowne Homers Wks. sig. Aa All is extuberance, and excretion All, That you your Ornaments, and glories call.
1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 76 9 The least degree of extuberance in the surface of the metal.
b. concrete. Something that swells out or up; a swelling, projection, protuberance. literal and figurative. Also collective in singular.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun]
bunching1398
struttingc1440
tuberosity?1541
swellnessa1582
bunchiness1594
extuberance1607
protuberance1653
protuberancy1654
tuberousness1681
swell1683
protruberance1746
bossiness1870
bulginess1883
pregnancy1950
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > protuberance or rounded projection > [noun] > a protuberance or protuberant part
busta1250
bouging1398
gibbosityc1400
embossingc1430
breasta1450
belly1591
tumour1601
extuberance1607
belly-piece1609
embossment1610
outswelling1611
extuberation1615
protuberation1615
swelling1615
extuberancy1634
popple1635
protuberance1635
emboss1644
extancy1644
bump1653
protuberancy1653
protuberating1667
swell1683
bulge1741
boss1791
bulging1828
protuberosity1860
tuber1888
1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 122 The internall hollowes of the extuberances of our artery.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. viii. 126 The concave recess of the bone formed by the extuberances on each side.
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