protuberant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonprotuberant adjective
- nonprotuberantly adverb
- protuberance noun
- protuberantly adverb
- unprotuberant adjective
- unprotuberantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of protuberant
1640–50; < Late Latin prōtūberant- (stem of prōtūberāns ), present participle of prōtūberāre to swell. See pro- 1, tuber 1, -ant
Example Sentences
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He wrote that Carl Yastrzemski, “like so many great hitters, has oddly protuberant eyes.”
From New York Times
In the eyes — eyes squinting with suspicion when not protuberant with anger — of those currently setting the GOP’s tone, Ryan’s invocation of Reagan is distasteful.
From Washington Post
She had described a man as having “a beer gut that belongs in the Smithsonian”; that was changed, she laments, to “protuberant abdomen.”
From New York Times
He has a long face and long, wavy brown hair parted at the crest; his chin is protuberant and cratered by a dimple the size of Chicxulub.
From The New Yorker
Mr. Curtain’s reflective glasses and protuberant nose eased toward Sticky’s face like a snake testing the air.
From Literature
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