About The Word Excrescent
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Excrescent
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What's The Definition Of Excrescent?
[adj] forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Excrescent: Related Terms | Find terms related to Excrescent: See Also | Excrescent In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*cres"cent\, a. [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of
excrescere to grow out; ex out + crescere to grow. See
{Crescent}.]
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a
superfluity.
Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. --Pope.
{Excrescent letter} (Philol.), a letter which has been added
to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent
letter.
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