【excrescent】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句

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Excrescence

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词源(Etymology)

From Latin excrēscēns, present participle of excrēscō.

名词(Noun)

excrescent (plural excrescents)

1. Something growing, usually abnormally, out of something else.
2. (phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason.

   "B" in "nimble" is an excrescent.

关联词(Related terms)

• excrescence

形容词(Adjective)

excrescent (comparative more excrescent, superlative most excrescent)

1. Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity.
   • 1733, [Alexander Pope], An Essay on Man.[…], (please specify |epistle=I to IV), London: Printed for J[ohn] Wilford,[…], OCLC 960856019:

     Expunge the whole, or lop th' excrescent parts.