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Definition of Excrescency
1. n. Excrescence.
Definition of Excrescency
1. Noun. An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development; an example of this. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) An exuberant outburst; an extravagance. ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) An excrescence; something excrescent; an outgrowth. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Excrescency
1. [n -CIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excrescency
Literary usage of Excrescency
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. German Orthography and Phonology: A Treatise with a Word-list by George Hempl (1897)
"excrescency 122. Temporal displacement may also lead to the utterance of an extra
consonant, especially a stop: MHG min(e)re> ..."
2. The Practical Works by David Clarkson (1865)
"... in fruits of holiness and righteousness, will be sacrificed to trifles and
shadows, or will run out in some worthless grain or fruitless excrescency. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"TAGEND, (fag-end'; US The end of a web FAG, (fag) ns A slave ; one who works
hard ; a knot or excrescency in cloth. of cloth ; the refuse or meaner part of ..."
4. A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United by George McDowell Stroud (1856)
"... •which was a man of that country who had the perfect shape of a child growing
out of his breast, as an excrescency, all but the head. ..."
5. The Law of Freedom and Bondage in the United States by John Codman Hurd (1858)
"... kingdom," Indies, which was a man of that country, who had the perfect shape
of a child growing out of his breast as an excrescency, all but the head. ..."
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