bulbous

Etymology

bulb + -ous or alteration of Latin bulbosus

adj

  1. Having the shape of or resembling a bulb, bloated.
  2. (of a person) Overweight and round in shape.
    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[…] 2002, Michael Bracken, All White Girls, page 9
  3. (botany) Growing from a bulb or producing bulbs.

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