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Webster 1913 Edition


Tumulosity

Tuˊmu-los′i-ty

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Noun.
The quality or state of being tumulous; hilliness.
[R.]
Bailey.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tumulosity

TUMULOS'ITY

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Noun.
[infra.] Hilliness.

Definition 2024


tumulosity

tumulosity

English

Noun

tumulosity (countable and uncountable, plural tumulosities)

  1. (rare) Bump, mound, or bumpiness.
    • 1827, "The Court of Death: A Dramatic Sketch", in The Quality Papers (ed. Demetrius Wyseman), William Marsh (1827), page 48:
      [] Fielding is censuring Tom Paine for uttering indecencies—Lord Chesterfield labouring to obviate the tumulosity of Æsop's back, []
    • 1964, Donald Barthelme, "A Picture History of the War", reprinted in Flying to America: 45 More Stories, Shoemaker Hoard (2007), ISBN 9781582434438, page 259:
      Why have they stuck stones in my kidneys, devaluated my tumulosity, retracted my hair?
    • 1973, Acta Entomol. Bohemoslov, Volume 70, page 404:
      [] a pair of small swellings situated between eyes; tumulosities more marked (papilliform) laterally []
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:tumulosity.