Word of the Day for Thursday, August 29, 2013 bulbous BUHL-buhs, adjective: 1. bulb-shaped; bulging. 2. having or growing from bulbs. Your man comes nearer, and now some hint of a bulbous enlargement at one end, and perhaps of lateral appendages and a bifurcation, begins to show itself. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Over the Teacups, 1890 Good things have been said about it by blue-nosed, bulbous-shoed old benchers, in select port-wine committee after dinner in hall. -- Chalres Dickens, Bleak House, 1852-1853 Bulbous comes from the Latin literally meaning "bulb" or "onion." It entered English in the late 16th century.
Posted on: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 10:56:17 +0000
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