What does excrescent mean?
Definitions for excrescent
ɪkˈskrɛs əntex·cres·cent
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Princeton's WordNet
excrescentadjective
forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
Wiktionary
excrescentnoun
Something growing, usually abnormally, out of something else.
excrescentnoun
A sound in a word without etymological reason.
"B" in "nimble" is an excrescent.
Etymology: From excrēscēns, present participle of excrēscō.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Excrescentadjective
That which grows out of another with preternatural superfluity.
Etymology: excrescens, Latin.
Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts
Of all, our vices have created arts:
Then see how little the remaining sum,
Which serv’d the past, and must the times to come. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
excrescent
Excrescent refers to something that is growing, extending, or projecting abnormally or unnecessarily; something that is superfluous or extra; or a sound or letter inserted or pronounced in the articulation of a word. Its defining characteristic is that it is an external or nonessential outgrowth or extension.
Webster Dictionary
Excrescentadjective
growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity
Etymology: [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of excrescere to grow out ; ex out + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of excrescent in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of excrescent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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