excrescence
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
excrescence (plural excrescences)
- Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
- A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
- (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant
[edit] Usage notes
In the phonetic sense, excresence means “insertion of a consonant”, and is synonymous with linking consonant. By contrast, intervocalic means “between vowels”, and is not identical, though in some cases these may coincide. While a consonant may be inserted between vowels (and be an example of both of these), as in synchronic analysis of “an apple” (from a + apple), a consonant may also be inserted between consonants, as is pronuncing warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]).
[edit] Synonyms
- (phonetic): linking consonant
[edit] Antonyms
- (phonetic): anaptyxis
[edit] Related terms
[edit] Hypernyms
- (phonetic): epenthesis
[edit] Translations
Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else
[edit] See also
- (phonetic): intervocalic
