crescentic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From crescent (“(growing) half moon”) + -ic. More at crescent.
Adjective[edit]
crescentic (comparative more crescentic, superlative most crescentic)
- Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc.
- Crescent-shaped.
- 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 25:
- Twin dimples of the crescentic type came down her tanned cheeks on the sides of her mournful mouth.
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Derived terms[edit]
- crescentic nephritis (a kidney disease)