prominent

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
prominent/ˈprɒmɪnənt/
adjective
  • 1 important or famous.
  • 2 projecting; protuberant.
  • 3 particularly noticeable.
noun (also prominent moth) a drab-coloured moth with tufts on the forewings which stick up while it is at rest. [Family Notodontidae: many species.]
– derivatives
prominency noun,
prominently adverb.
– origin ME: from L. prominent-, prominere ‘jut out’; cf. eminent.
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