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excrescence(dictionary)

excrescence (iou)



excrescence noun. LME.
[Latin excrescentia, from excrescent- pres. ppl stem of excrescere grow out, formed as EX-1 1 + crescere grow: see -ENCE.]
a. An abnormal or diseased outgrowth on a person, animal, or plant; a disfiguring or unsightly addition (lit. & fig.). LME.
J. A. Michener The awful modern excrescences that monopolized the townthe hot-dog stands.., the Moorish motels.
b. Something that grows out naturally; an appendage. Now rare. M17.
H. Moore Sculpture had become overgrown with moss, weedsall sorts of surface excrescences.
The action of growing out; immoderate growth, abnormal increase. M16-M18.
Exuberance; an exuberant outburst. Formerly, overblown pride, swagger. Now rare. E17.
excrescency noun (now rare) (a) the state or condition of being excrescent; (an) abnormal development; (b) = EXCRESCENCE 3: M16.