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Tuberosity   Listen
noun
Tuberosity  n.  (pl. tuberosities)  
1.
The state of being tuberous.
2.
An obtuse or knoblike prominence; a protuberance.





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"Tuberosity" Quotes from Famous Books



... characteristic of this grand sporting dog, as that of the Bloodhound or the Bulldog; its very stamp and countenance should at once convey the conviction of high breeding, character and nobility; skull well developed, with a distinctly elevated occipital tuberosity, which, above all, gives the character alluded to; not too wide across muzzle, long and lean, never snipy nor squarely cut, and in profile curving gradually from nose to throat; lean beneath eyes, a thickness ...
— Dogs and All About Them • Robert Leighton
... Violoncello-player, occupied the post of principal Violoncello at Drury Lane for many years. His fame as a performer was almost matched by the celebrity of his nasal organ, the tuberosity of which often caused the audience in the gallery to exclaim, "Play up, Nosey!" In Dibdin's "Musical Tour," 1788, we are told that "When Garrick returned from Italy, he prepared an address to the audience, which he delivered previous to the play he first appeared ...
— The Violin - Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators • George Hart


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