excrescence
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excrescence
- /ɛkˈskɹɛsəns/
- /ɪkˈskɹɛsəns/
Rhymes with -ɛsəns
Where it comes from
From Middle English, early 15th century, in sense “(action of) growing out (of something else)”. Borrowed from Latin excrescentia (“abnormal growths”), from excrescentem, from excrēscere, from ex- (“out”) (English ex-) + crēscere (“to grow”) (English crescent). Sense of “abnormal growth” from 1570s, from earlier excrescency (1540s in this sense).
noun excrescences
- Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else. I have again and again intimated that I desire the hair to be arranged closely, modestly, plainly. Miss Temple, that girl’s hair must be cut off entirely; I will send a barber to-morrow: and I see others who have far too much of the excrescence—that tall girl, tell her to turn round.
- A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct. Being bussum buddies, the two friends often communicated with mere exchange of psychic forces, verbal communication having been rendered unnecessary excrescence.
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The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).
Similar: vyanjanabhakti · Opposite: svarabhakti, anaptyxis
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noun something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else
| Español | excrecencia |
|---|---|
| Português | excrescência |
| Français | excès, excroissance |
| Italiano | escrescenza |
| Русский | отро́сток otróstok, нарост narost |
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title = {excrescence},
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