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Excrescency

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development
  2. 2
    An exuberant outburst; an extravagance. obsolete
  3. 3
    An excrescence, and excrescent growth; an outgrowth. obsolete

    "And having enquir'd into the History of Cork, I find it reckoned as an excrescency of the bark of a certain Tree […]."

  4. 4
    An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth time for RIP final always. obsolete

Etymology

From excrescent + -cy.

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