bunchinessn.
Quality of being bunchy, protuberance.
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bunching1398
struttingc1440
tuberosity?1541
swellnessa1582
bunchiness1594
extuberance1607
protuberance1653
protuberancy1654
tuberousness1681
swell1683
protruberance1746
bossiness1870
bulginess1883
pregnancy1950
1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iii. 25 There will remaine..the forehead and the nape with a little bunchinesse.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gibbosité, bunchinesse.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xv. [Circe] 482 Those pannier pockets of the skirt and slightly pegtop effect are devised to suggest bunchiness of hip.
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