Excrescent

  • 11excrescent — ex cres·cent || nt adj. growing excessively; redundant, superfluous …

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  • 12excrescent — a. Fungous …

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  • 13excrescent — ex·cres·cent …

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  • 14excrescent — /əksˈkrɛsənt/ (say uhks kresuhnt), /ɛks / (say eks ) adjective 1. growing abnormally out of something else; superfluous. 2. Phonetics added without grammatical or historical justification, as the t in against (from Middle English ageyns). {Latin… …

  • 15excrescent —   a. growing out from main body; redundant.    ♦ excrescential, a.    ♦ excrescence, n. such thing …

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  • 16excrescent — adjective forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth) • Pertains to noun: ↑growth • Derivationally related forms: ↑excrescence …

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  • 17List of English words with disputed usage — Some English words are often used in ways that are contentious between writers on usage and prescriptive commentators. The contentious usages are especially common in spoken English. While in some circles the usages below may make the speaker… …

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  • 18Excrescence — Ex*cres cence . [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L. excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere. See {Excrescent}.] An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural… …

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  • 19Önge language — Onge Öñge Spoken in India Ethnicity Onge people Native speakers 94[1] …

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  • 20excrescency — /ik skres euhn see/, n. 1. something that is excrescent; excrescence. 2. a state of being excrescent. [1535 45; var. of EXCRESCENCE; see ENCY] * * * …

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