excrescent
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin excrēscēns, present participle of excrēscō.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]excrescent (plural excrescents)
- A growing mutation, usually abnormal.
- (historical linguistics) A sound in a word without etymological reason.
- "B" in "nimble" is an excrescent.
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]excrescent (comparative more excrescent, superlative most excrescent)
- Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
- 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […], →OCLC:
- Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
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