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bulbous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈboʊlbəs/
• /ˈbʌlbəs/

Etymology

From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus.

Meanings

1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
2. (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
   • A neon cacophony hung only a few feet above their heads, the popping and buzzing of the lights only occasionally drowned out by the shouts of the barkers, bulbous men whose doughy fat strained at their sweat-stained t-shirts[…] 2002, Michael Bracken, All White Girls, page 9:
3. Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

Forms

Deriveds

pseudobulbous · bulbously · bulbousness · bulbous buttercup · nonbulbous

Translations (17)

pl baniasty (having the shape of a bulb) · es bulboso (having the shape of a bulb) · es bulboso (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · ca bulbós (having the shape of a bulb) · la bulbosus (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · bg луковичен (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · uk цибулеподібний (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · ca bulbós (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · uk випуклий (having the shape of a bulb) · fr bulbeux (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · it bulboso (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · uk опуклий (having the shape of a bulb) · pl bulwiasty (having the shape of a bulb) · uk цибулинний (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs) · bg издут (having the shape of a bulb) · fr bulbeux (having the shape of a bulb) · pt bulboso (growing from a bulb or producing bulbs)