excrescence

[ ik-skres-uhns ]

/ ɪkˈskrɛs əns /

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noun

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.

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Origin of excrescence

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; from Latin excrēscentia; see excrescent, -ence

OTHER WORDS FROM excrescence

su·per·ex·cres·cence, noun

Words nearby excrescence

excoriate, excoriation, excorticate, excrement, excrementitious, excrescence, excrescency, excrescent, excreta, excrete, excretion

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 Online
Nor are these stories a mere excrescence of theology, but theology itself.
The Contemporary Review, January 1883|Various
His 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 Stevenson
There 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. Ballantyne

Behind 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

excrescence

/ (ɪkˈskrɛsəns) /

noun

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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excrescence

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