Found 2 items, similar to excrescent.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: excrescent
excrescent
adj : forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Excrescent
Excrescent
\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.
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Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. --Pope.
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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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