Bulginess

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being bulgy uncountable

    "He was only partially dressed; his face had the peculiar bulginess of the hard drinker; his eyes were watery and shifty, and several days' growth of beard, with patchy grey and black spots, gave a stucco effect to his countenance."

  2. 2
    the property possessed by a rounded convexity wordnet

Synonyms

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roundednessroundedness

Example

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"He was only partially dressed; his face had the peculiar bulginess of the hard drinker; his eyes were watery and shifty, and several days' growth of beard, with patchy grey and black spots, gave a stucco effect to his countenance."

Etymology

From bulgy + -ness.

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