Excrescential

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to, or resembling, an excrescence.

    "The vestry, I think, occupies that excrescential edifice which I noticed yesterday as having grown out of the cathedral."

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boldeminentjuttingoutstandingprojectingprominent

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"The vestry, I think, occupies that excrescential edifice which I noticed yesterday as having grown out of the cathedral."

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