crescentic

English

Etymology

From crescent (“(growing) half moon”) +‎ -ic. More at crescent.

Adjective

crescentic (comparative more crescentic, superlative most crescentic)

1. Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc.
2. Crescent-shaped.
   • 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 25:

     Twin dimples of the crescentic type came down her tanned cheeks on the sides of her mournful mouth.

Synonyms

• crescent

Derived terms

• crescentic nephritis (a kidney disease)

Related terms

• crescendo

Anagrams

• eccentrics