Meanings
nountumulosity (countable and uncountable, plural tumulosities)
plural tumulosities
- countablerareuncountableBump, mound, or bumpiness.
Why have they stuck stones in my kidneys, devaluated my tumulosity, retracted my hair?
1964, Donald Barthelme, "A Picture History of the War", reprinted in Flying to America: 45 More Stories, Shoemaker Hoard (2007), page 2592 more examples
[…] Fielding is censuring Tom Paine for uttering indecencies—Lord Chesterfield labouring to obviate the tumulosity of Æsop's back, […]
1827, “The Court of Death: A Dramatic Sketch”, in Demetrius Wyseman, editor, The Quality Papers, William Marsh, page 48[…] a pair of small swellings situated between eyes; tumulosities more marked (papilliform) laterally […]
1973, Acta Entomol. Bohemoslov, volume 70, page 404
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