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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The bumps push out candy-striped and aproned gowns; they are exaggerated by belted waists, and one particularly protuberant tummy doubles as a perch for a parakeet.
From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025
They’re absolute eye candy, the kind of bud that does it for the ’Gram — great pops of frilly color, their protuberant, pollen-gilded anthers sticking out like … well, exactly what they are.
From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022
His face was swollen, his skin bluish-black and his eyes protuberant, suggesting great pressure on his brain, Dr. McClelland told the Warren Commission in 1964 during its investigation of the assassination.
From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2019
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 • Apr. 15, 2019
He was a tiny creature, smaller than Winston, with dark hair and large, protuberant eyes, at once mournful and derisive, which seemed to search your face closely while he was speaking to you.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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