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Meaning of "excrescent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD EXCRESCENT

From Latin excrēscēns, from excrēscere, from crēscere to grow.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF EXCRESCENT

excrescent  [ɪkˈskrɛsənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXCRESCENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Excrescent is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES EXCRESCENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of excrescent in the English dictionary

The first definition of excrescent in the dictionary is denoting, relating to, or resembling an abnormal outgrowth. Other definition of excrescent is uselessly added; not essential; superfluous. Excrescent is also denoting or relating to a speech sound or letter inserted into a word without etymological justification, such as the b in nimble.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXCRESCENT


accrescent
æˈkrɛsənt
adularescent
əˌdjʊləˈrɛsənt
antidepressant
ˌæntɪdɪˈprɛsənt
arborescent
ˌɑːbəˈrɛsənt
calorescent
ˌkæləˈrɛsənt
crescent
ˈkrɛsənt
decrescent
dɪˈkrɛsənt
depressant
dɪˈprɛsənt
florescent
flɔːˈrɛsənt
fluorescent
ˌflʊəˈrɛsənt
glabrescent
ɡleɪˈbrɛsənt
increscent
ɪnˈkrɛsənt
nigrescent
naɪˈɡrɛsənt
nonfluorescent
ˌnɒnflʊəˈrɛsənt
phosphorescent
ˌfɒsfəˈrɛsənt
putrescent
pjuːˈtrɛsənt
subarborescent
ˌsʌbɑːbəˈrɛsənt
suppressant
səˈprɛsənt
virescent
vɪˈrɛsənt
vitrescent
vɪˈtrɛsənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXCRESCENT

excrecencies
excrement
excremental
excrementitial
excrementitious
excrescence
excrescency
excrescential
excrescently
excreta
excretal
excrete
excreter
excretion
excretive
excretory
excruciate
excruciating
excruciatingly
excruciation

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXCRESCENT

adolescent
ascent
chemiluminescent
convalescent
descent
effervescent
Fertile Crescent
incandescent
iridescent
line of descent
luminescent
nascent
photoluminescent
prepubescent
quiescent
recent
Red Crescent
reminiscent
scent
senescent
the crescent

Synonyms and antonyms of excrescent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «excrescent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXCRESCENT

Find out the translation of excrescent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of excrescent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «excrescent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

excrescent
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

excrescent
570 millions of speakers

English

excrescent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

excrescent
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قمعولي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

избыточный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

excrescent
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপবৃদ্ধিমূলক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

excroissant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendidih
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

excrescent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

余計な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불거져 나온
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Excrescent
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cho êm tai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

excrescent
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनैसर्गिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yumru gibi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

excrescent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

excrescent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

надлишковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

excrescent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

excrescent
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

overtollig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

excrescent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

excrescent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of excrescent

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCRESCENT»

The term «excrescent» is normally little used and occupies the 136.408 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXCRESCENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about excrescent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXCRESCENT»

Discover the use of excrescent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to excrescent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Blackwell companion to phonology. 4. Phonological interfaces
Another objection, raised by a reviewer, is that [lHptõ] is not a possible word in Dutch, due to its final lax vowel. Speakers may be particularly likely to lack awareness of the kind of weak epenthetic vowels often called “excrescent” ( discussed ...
Marc van Oostendorp, 2011
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Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
Between Epenthetic and Excrescent Vowels (or What Happens After Redundancy Rules)* Juliette Levin The University of Texas at Austin 1. Introduction 1n this paper, we examine two different types of vowel insertion processes, commonly ...
Megan Crowhurst, Stanford Linguistics Association, 1987
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Patterns of Reduplication in Lushootseed
Levin ( l 987) recognizes a difference between epenthetic and excrescent vowels . Epenthetic vowels are inserted lexcically, and excrescent ones are inserted post -lexically. The question is whether aspiration is an epenthetic or excrescent ...
Suzanne Urbancyzk, 2001
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Postvelar Harmony
St'at'imcets' epenthctic vowel is distinct from the solely phonetic inserted vowel in the language, as pointed out by Matthewson (1994) and Shaw (1996b), who label the latter 'excrescent', consistent with the suggestions of Kinkade (1997) on  ...
Kimary N. Shahin, 2003
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Select Works /Chalmers, Thomas
ence and full extent, the natural population could bear to be much more highly taxed than the excrescent population could. But what is more, the landlords at home, who maintain ten thousand of the natural population, can be reached by a  ...
Thomas Chalmers, 1856
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Laboratory Phonology 8
Interestingly, however, the two strategies are employed in exactly the opposite contexts from Nuu-chahnulth (i.e., vowel laxing/lowering occurs preceding back consonants, and excrescent schwa after back consonants). Vowel lowering will be ...
Louis Goldstein, D. H. Whalen, Catherine T. Best, 2006
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Badiou: A Philosophy of the New
excrescent,. and. singular. It would seem natural to say that a set is a more basic thing than a situation, and that a situation is a large collection of sets. Remem— ber that Badiou defines a situation as a consistent presented multiplicity, which, ...
Ed Pluth, 2013
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Salish Languages and Linguistics: Theoretical and ...
Abkhaz also appears to have both epenthetic and excrescent vowels. Further details about Abkhaz can be found in Spruit (1985 — especially pages 74-77). I thank Bruce Bagemihl for calling the papers by Sloan and Kathman to my attention.
Ewa Czaykowski-Higgins, Marvin Dale Kinkade, 1998
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On political economy: in connexion with the moral state and ...
In either way, it will be found, that, compatibly with their existence and full extent, the natural population could bear to be much more highly taxed than the excrescent population could. But what is more, the landlords at home, who maintain ten ...
Thomas Chalmers, 1832
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The history of the English language
Of the labial consonants, p is excrescent after the. labial m followed by a voiceless consonant as in empzjr< Emit}, .gb'mpse < ME. gZi'msen, semPstress < sEamestre. Similarly labial 6 has been added between an and a voicedsound, ...
O.F. Emerson

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXCRESCENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term excrescent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Anal Cancer Guidelines: CTs Now Needed to Support Opinions
Examination under anesthesia revealed a 4 cm excrescent mass, and a biopsy was taken. The biopsy revealed a cT2 cN0M0 stage II ... «Medscape, Jul 15»
2
Thomas Chalmers 1780-1847: Evangelist, Political Economist
He wanted to maximise competition to ensure that these 'excrescent' forms of working-class and middle-class behaviour would lead to adverse ... «Scoop.co.nz, May 15»
3
Early Morning, Frosty Tawny: Magic at the Churchill Downs …
Then one alone, at once furious and solitary, going full out, breezed, the rider hunched forward, excrescent and precarious, not of the horse but ... «Louisville.com, Mar 15»
4
Ossing is bossing
Final t in ost ~ aust should probably be dismissed as excrescent (compare whilst, against, amongst, and many other words in English and ... «OUPblog, Mar 15»
5
Lit Oblivion: The cruel songs of Comte de Lautréamont's Les Chants …
Les Chants de Maldoror loosely follows the sordid adventures and excrescent musings of Maldoror, one of the most memorable antiheroes ... «Weekly Alibi, Dec 14»
6
SI 60: Kentucky: May: Saturday
Then one alone, at once furious and solitary, going full out, breezed, the rider hunched forward, excrescent and precarious, not of the horse but ... «SI.com, Aug 14»
7
The Exceptionalist's “Boyhood”
But there is something more insidious and morally excrescent at work. Historically, the “petty-bourgeois” class has often been disparaged as ... «Dissident Voice, Jul 14»
8
Conrad Black: 'Star values' on parade
As I saw, from email traffic and other indicators, this excrescent tide rising again on Tuesday night, I declined the importunings of a very ... «National Post, Dec 13»
9
“Stunning” success is still round the corner
According to the traditional view, this consonant was excrescent, that is, added “for no etymological reason.” (Compare t in amongst, whilst, and ... «OUPblog, Nov 13»
10
Olympus Has Fallen
The latest excrescent live action video game from Anthony Fuqua has a fortuitous kind of oafish currency, what with those freaky North Koreans ... «The Arts Desk, Apr 13»

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