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tumulosity

tumulosity noun: bump, mound, or bumpiness.

Noun

tumulosity (countable and uncountable, plural tumulosities)

  1. (rare) Bump, mound, or bumpiness.
    • […] Fielding is censuring Tom Paine for uttering indecencies—Lord Chesterfield labouring to obviate the tumulosity of Æsop's back, […]1827, “The Court of Death: A Dramatic Sketch”, in Demetrius Wyseman, editor, The Quality Papers, William Marsh, page 48
    • Why have they stuck stones in my kidneys, devaluated my tumulosity, retracted my hair?1964, Donald Barthelme, "A Picture History of the War", reprinted in Flying to America: 45 More Stories, Shoemaker Hoard (2007), page 259

Forms of tumulosity

pluraltumulosities

Questions about tumulosity

What does tumulosity mean?
Tumulosity means bump, mound, or bumpiness.
What part of speech is tumulosity?
Tumulosity is a noun.
What is the plural of tumulosity?
The plural of tumulosity is tumulosities.

Words near tumulosity in the dictionary

  1. tumulation
  2. tumulations
  3. tumuli
  4. tumulose
  5. tumulosities
  6. tumulosity
  7. tumulous
  8. tumult
  9. tumulted
  10. tumulter
  11. tumulters

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