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plural excrescents
A growing mutation, usually abnormal. examples
(phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason. examples
comparative more excrescent, superlative most excrescent
Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. quotations examples
Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.
1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man. […], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford, […]