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Excrescent definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXCRES'CENT, a. Growing out of something else, in a preternatural manner; superfluous; as a wart or tumor.
Expunge the whole or lop the excrescent parts.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin excrescent-, excrescens, present participle of excrescere to grow out, from ex- + crescere to grow — more at crescent Date: 1633 1. forming an abnormal, excessive, or useless outgrowth 2. of, relating to, or constituting epenthesis • excrescently adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Fungous.