excrescency

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Definition of excrescency

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development
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noun

  1. An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development
  2. (obsolete)An exuberant outburst; an extravagance.
  3. (obsolete)An excrescence, and excrescent growth; an outgrowth.
    “And having enquir'd into the History of Cork, I find it reckoned as an excrescency of the bark of a certain Tree […].”
  4. (obsolete)An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth time for RIP final always.

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Etymology

From excrescent + -cy.

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