protuberant

[ proh-too-ber-uhnt, -tyoo-, pruh- ]

adjective

1. bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting:

   protuberant eyes.

protuberant

/ prəˈtjuːbərənt /

adjective

1. swelling out from the surrounding surface; bulging

Derived Forms

• proˈtuberantly, adverb
• proˈtuberance, noun

Other Words From

• pro·tuber·ant·ly adverb
• nonpro·tuber·ant adjective
• nonpro·tuber·ant·ly adverb
• unpro·tuber·ant adjective
• unpro·tuber·ant·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of protuberant¹

1640–50; < Late Latin prōtūberant- (stem of prōtūberāns ), present participle of prōtūberāre to swell. See pro- ¹, tuber ¹, -ant

Word History and Origins

Origin of protuberant¹

C17: from Late Latin prōtūberāre to swell, from pro- ¹+ tūber swelling

Example Sentences

Its acting skills may have helped it in the 13th minute, when Richarlison — there’s another guy — got an inadvertent kick in the box from Kim Moon-hwan and milked it to the heavens, setting up a penalty that survived a VAR review, setting up Neymar at the spot for a stutter-step, a kick slid slowly into the right corner and a showy reaction with a protuberant tongue.

From Washington Post

He wrote that Carl Yastrzemski, “like so many great hitters, has oddly protuberant eyes.”

From New York Times

And Cyrano is still in love with Roxane, though he never risks saying so because of that protuberant proboscis.

From New York Times

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

The Count, evidently noticing it, drew back; and with a grim sort of smile, which showed more than he had yet done his protuberant teeth, sat himself down again on his own side of the fireplace.

From Literature

Related Words

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• elliptical
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