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Definition of Protrusive
1. Adjective. Thrusting outward.
Similar to: Beetle, Beetling, Bellied, Bellying, Bulbous, Bulging, Bulgy, Protuberant, Obtrusive, Jutting, Projected, Projecting, Protruding, Relieved, Sticking, Sticking Out, Overshot, Starting, Underhung, Undershot, Underslung, Ventricose, Ventricous
Antonyms: Intrusive
Derivative terms: Protrude, Protrude, Protrude
Definition of Protrusive
1. a. Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion.
Definition of Protrusive
1. Adjective. that protrudes; protruding ¹
2. Adjective. rather conspicuous; obtrusive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Protrusive
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Protrusive
Literary usage of Protrusive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Stage Affairs in America Today by Allen Davenport (1907)
"3. The Actor. The Quality of His Importance. No. 4 The Stage Manager. His Decaying
Power. No. 5. The Theatre Orchestra. Its Enforced protrusive Obedience ..."
2. How to Study Strangers by Temperament, Face and Head: A Sequel to "Heads and by Nelson Sizer (1895)
"How TO STUDY STRANGERS. men to wear a beard to cover it, if they can; then other
families will have a broad, strong, protrusive chin. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1840)
"... some special weapon of defence against the pricks, and thorns, and protrusive
angularities of fate, to which each particular creature might be subject. ..."
4. A System of Mechanical Philosophy by John Robison, James Watt (1822)
"In like manner, the force AD is in immediate equilibrium with the contractile
force of CA, and the protrusive or expansive force of AB. ..."
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