excrescence
an abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body: The patient had moles, swollen red dots, and other excrescences all over the body.
a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns.
any disfiguring addition.
abnormal growth or increase.
Phonetics. the insertion or addition of a sound, usually a consonant, as a result of articulatory interaction without grammatical or historical justification, like the t-sound in prince or the p-sound in hamster.
Origin of excrescence
1Other words from excrescence
- su·per·ex·cres·cence, noun
Words Nearby excrescence
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How to use excrescence in a sentence
Third, Oregon truffles have a very short shelf life, so the ones that weren’t underwhelming people with their woodenness were often terrifying them with their unholy excrescences.
The Key to Jump-Starting Oregon’s Truffle Industry? Dogs. | klindsey | October 6, 2021 | Outside OnlineNor are these stories a mere excrescence of theology, but theology itself.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883 | VariousHis cowl had half-fallen back, and made a strange excrescence on either side of his bull-neck.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonThere was a small excrescence or hut on the roof—about ten feet by six in dimensions—which formed—their residence.
The Middy and the Moors | R.M. BallantyneBehind this, hiding itself as it were and almost invisible, nestled a smaller excrescence or offshoot.
The Middy and the Moors | R.M. Ballantyne
Accordingly, the Crown has dwindled away in proportion to the unnatural and turgid growth of this excrescence on the Court.
Thoughts on the Present Discontents | Edmund Burke
British Dictionary definitions for excrescence
/ (ɪkˈskrɛsəns) /
a projection or protuberance, esp an outgrowth from an organ or part of the body
Derived forms of excrescence
- excrescential (ˌɛkskrɪˈsɛnʃəl), adjective
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