Misgrowth
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An unnatural or abnormal growth. countable, uncountable
"c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Henry More […] their physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic and a misgrowth of entia rationalia, that is, substantiated abstractions […]"
Example
More examples"c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Henry More […] their physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic and a misgrowth of entia rationalia, that is, substantiated abstractions […]"
Etymology
From mis- + growth.
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