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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Excrescent \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: excrescent adj : forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)
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