EXCRESCENT

excrescent. Excrescent, a. growing out irregularly

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Ex‐cres″cent (?), a. [[L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of excrescere to grow out ; ex out + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]] Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. Pope. Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.