bulbous

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bulbous

  • /ˈbʌlbəs/
  • /ˈboʊlbəs/

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From bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus.

adjective more bulbous · most bulbous

  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[…]
  3. Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

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adj having the shape of a bulb

Españolbulboso
Françaisbulbeux

adj growing from a bulb or producing bulbs

Españolbulboso
Portuguêsbulboso
Françaisbulbeux
Italianobulboso

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"bulbous." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bulbous. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{bulbous_2026,
  title = {bulbous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bulbous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}