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protuberancy

American  
[proh-too-ber-uhn-see, -tyoo-, pruh-] / proʊˈtu bər ən si, -ˈtyu-, prə- /

noun

PLURAL

protuberancies

  1. protuberance.

Other Word Forms

  • nonprotuberancy noun

Etymology

Origin of protuberancy

First recorded in 1645–55; protuber(ant) + -ancy

Example Sentences

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The marks were blewish, very small, and had no protuberancy above the skin.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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