protuberancy
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Origin of protuberancy
First recorded in 1645–55; protuber(ant) + -ancy
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The marks were blewish, very small, and had no protuberancy above the skin.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
He was of that easy sort of feather-bed corpulency of form that betokens good-nature, and had none of that smooth, red, well-filled protuberancy, which indicates a choleric humour and a testy temper.
From The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family by Galt, John
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