extuberate

English edit

Etymology edit

From Latin extuberatus, present participle of extuberare (“to swell”), from ex (“out”) + tuber (“a swelling”).

Verb edit

extuberate (third-person singular simple present extuberates, present participle extuberating, simple past and past participle extuberated)

(obsolete) To swell out.
- 1665, Thomas Moulton, The Compleat Bone-setter:
  A Plaister for swollen, and extuberated Eyes

References edit

“extuberate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.