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protuberancy

protuberancy noun: the quality or state of being protuberant.

Noun

protuberancy (countable and uncountable, plural protuberancies)

  1. (archaic) The quality or state of being protuberant.
  2. (archaic) A protuberance.

Forms of protuberancy

pluralprotuberancies

Origin of protuberancy

From protuberant + -cy.

Questions about protuberancy

What does protuberancy mean?
Protuberancy means the quality or state of being protuberant.
What part of speech is protuberancy?
Protuberancy is a noun.
What is the plural of protuberancy?
The plural of protuberancy is protuberancies.

Words near protuberancy in the dictionary

  1. Protty
  2. protuberance
  3. protuberanceless
  4. protuberances
  5. protuberancies
  6. protuberancy
  7. protuberant
  8. protuberantial
  9. protuberantly
  10. protuberate
  11. protuberated

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