bulbous

English

Etymology

bulb +‎ -ous or alteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin bulbosus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʌlbəs/, /ˈboʊlbəs/

Adjective

bulbous (comparative more bulbous, superlative most bulbous)

1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
2. (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
   • 2002, Michael Bracken, All White Girls, page 9:

     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. (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

Translations

having the shape of a bulb

• Bulgarian: издут (bg) (izdut)
• Catalan: bulbós (ca)
• French: bulbeux (fr)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: bulboso (es)

growing from a bulb or producing bulbs

• Bulgarian: луковичен (lukovičen)
• Catalan: bulbós (ca)
• French: bulbeux (fr)
• Italian: bulboso
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: bulbosus
• Portuguese: bulboso (pt)
• Spanish: bulboso (es)

• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ბოლქვიანი (bolkviani)
• German: ^{(please verify)} knollenförmig (de)