tumulosityとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

tumulosity ‎(countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 tumulosities)

1. (まれに) 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.