protuberancyn.
/prəˈtjuːb(ə)rənsi/, /prəˈtʃuːb(ə)rənsi/, U.S. /prəˈt(j)ub(ə)rənsi/, /proʊˈt(j)ub(ə)rənsi/ 1. A thing that protrudes from something else; a rounded projection or swelling; = protuberance n. 1a. Now rare.Later examples of the plural form may be typographical errors for protuberances.
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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
1653 H. More Antidote against Atheisme ii. x. 90 Why has he four knees,..and a Protuberancy under his Breast to lean on?
1699 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 21 101 He runneth his incision knife at the bent of the left thigh, upon the fat protuberancy below the ischium bone.
1761 J. Milles in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 537 Small protuberancies sometimes appear, like the knots of trees.
1854 R. S. Surtees Handley Cross ii. 13 ‘Three-fourths of our complaints arise from stomach;’ stroking his corpulent protuberancy with one hand, and twisting his patient's button with the other.
1996 Florida Times-Union (Nexis) 8 Aug. d2 These rather homely African pigs have big wart-like protuberancies punctuating their profiles.
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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
1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xxii. 276 When..a protuberancy of the lip should be the certeine signe of the true heir to the Crowne.
1692 J. Ray Misc. Disc. v. 164 The protuberancy of the dry Land above the common Superficies of the Ocean.
1719 J. Chamberlayne tr. B. Nieuwentyt Relig. Philosopher II. xx. 569 The Earth..is not perfectly globular, but has a greater Protuberancy under the Equator.
1821 J. Galt Ayrshire Legatees x. 298 He..had none of that smooth, red, well filled protuberancy, which indicates a choleric humour and a testy temper.
1834 S. Cooper Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 185 The other [cause of squinting arises] from an oblique position and greater protuberancy of the cornea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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