Excrescent

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  • adjective. Growing out abnormally, excessively, or superfluously.
  • adjective. Of or relating to epenthesis; epenthetic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Growing out of something else; specifically, abnormally put forth or added; hence, superfluous and incongruous: as, a wart is an excrescent growth on the hand; excrescent knots on a tree; excrescent ornaments on a dress or on a building.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
  • adjective. a letter which has been added to a root
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Something growing, usually abnormally, out of something else.
  • noun. A sound in a word without etymological reason.
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  • adjective. forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
  • Word Usage
    "Scot actively engaged in parochial work, had his attention fixed upon the reckless improvidence of the 'excrescent' population, and welcomed"
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