excrescent
English
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin excrēscēns, present participle of excrēscō.
Noun
excrescent (plural excrescents)
- Something growing, usually abnormally, out of something else.
- (phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason.
- "B" in "nimble" is an excrescent.
Related terms
Adjective
excrescent (comparative more excrescent, superlative most excrescent)
- Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
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- Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
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