obtruding

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of obtrude

noun

1. An obtrusion; the act of something that obtrudes.
   Unless the world be bedlam-mad in proud obtrudings of their own conceits, methinks such a wary, humble man should offend but few, and better keep both his own and the church's peace than others. 1689, Richard Baxter, A treatise of knowledge and love compared in two parts