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gibbosity

[gi-bos-i-tee] / gɪˈbɒs ɪ ti /
NOUN
bulge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lump nodule wart
STRONG
blob bump bunch bunching convexity dilation distention excess excrescence growth hump intumescence jut outgrowth outthrust pouch projection prominence promontory protrusion protuberance sac sagging salience superfluity swelling tuberosity tumefaction tumor
WEAK
nodulation
Antonyms
STRONG
depression ingrowth
NOUN
hump
Synonyms
STRONG
bulge bump convexity dune elevation eminence excrescence hill hummock hunch knap knob kyphosis mound prominence protrusion protuberance ridge swell tumescence
WEAK
convexedness knurl
Antonyms
STRONG
depression ditch flat unimportance

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Even such quirks as Wolfe's penchant for recondite words like "gibbosity" and "usufructs" and for scrupulous vocabularies of all kinds are minutely documented.

From Time Magazine Archive

Behind the neck and immediately above the shoulder rises a gibbosity or hump of the same height as the dorsal ridge.

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.