excrescence
[ik-skres-uh ns]
noun
an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body.
a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns.
any disfiguring addition.
abnormal growth or increase.
Origin of excrescence
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word excrēscentia. See excrescent, -ence
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Historical Examples of excrescence
Sir, that paragraph is an excrescence on the tree of our liberty.
Slavery Ordained of GodRev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
If one of them be perfect by itself, the other will be an excrescence.
Modern Painters Volume II (of V)John Ruskin
It is an excrescence, not an essential garment like the shirt and breeches.
Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2)William Delisle Hay
The art is not an accomplishment, an ornament, an excrescence.
AppearancesGoldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
In this species the casque or excrescence on the upper mandible is very slight.
Birds of the Indian HillsDouglas Dewar
excrescence
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excrescence
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n.
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