Definition of "erumpent" [e•rum•pent]

• Bursting through or as if through a surface or covering. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Was it so peculiar to scan each of these acquaintances respectively with circumspect glances, to do so apprehensively (more apprehensively and yet more often to the male than the female of this brother and sister combination as she, whom he barely knew at all, was nearer and the sexual interest would be more conspicuous), and to let the erumpent odors of both, imagined or real, send him on"
• "These communities are, and abut, the nascent waters borne from springs emerging with erumpent display."
• "i love it so much that i can't contain an erumpent smile. ok, so that was stretching, but it sort of works. in other news, i don't want to go to work today. i want to snuggle down into my blankets and finish reading my book. it won't happen, but it's a nice thought."