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extuberant

extuberant adjective: swelling or sticking out; protuberant.

Adjective

extuberant (comparative more extuberant, superlative most extuberant)

  1. (obsolete) swelling or sticking out; protuberant
    • her extuberant and reverst lips,1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant notes upon Don Quixot

Synonyms of extuberant

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All synonyms of extuberant

Forms of extuberant

comparativemore extuberant
superlativemost extuberant

Origin of extuberant

Latin extuberare.

Questions about extuberant

What does extuberant mean?
Extuberant means swelling or sticking out; protuberant.
What part of speech is extuberant?
Extuberant is an adjective.

Words near extuberant in the dictionary

  1. extubations
  2. extuberance
  3. extuberances
  4. extuberancies
  5. extuberancy
  6. extuberant
  7. extuberate
  8. extuberated
  9. extuberates
  10. extuberating
  11. extuberation

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