What does excrescency mean?
Definitions for excrescency
ɪkˈskrɛs ən siex·cres·cen·cy
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excrescencynoun
An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development; an example of this.
excrescencynoun
An exuberant outburst; an extravagance.
excrescencynoun
An excrescence; something excrescent; an outgrowth.
excrescencynoun
An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Excrescence, Excrescencynoun
Somewhat growing out of another without use, and contrary to the common order of production; preternatural production.
Etymology: excresco, Latin.
All beyond this is monstrous, ’tis out of nature, ’tis an excrescence, and not a living part of poetry. Dryden.
We have little more than the excrescencies of the Spanish monarchy. Joseph Addison, on the State of the War.
They are the excrescences of our souls; which, like our hair and beards, look horrid or becoming, as we cut or let them grow. Tatler, №. 54.
Tumours and excrescences of plants, out of which generally issues a fly or a worm, are at first made by such insects which wound the tender buds. Richard Bentley.
Webster Dictionary
Excrescencynoun
excrescence
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of excrescency in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of excrescency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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