protuberancy

[ proh-too-ber-uhn-see, -tyoo-, pruh- ]

noun

, plural pro·tu·ber·an·cies.

1. protuberance.

Other Words From

• nonpro·tuber·an·cy noun plural nonprotuberancies

Word History and Origins

Origin of protuberancy¹

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

Example Sentences

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