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excrescencies

excrescencies is the plural of excrescency.

Meaning of excrescency

Noun

excrescency (plural excrescencies)

  1. An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development
  2. (obsolete) An exuberant outburst; an extravagance.
  3. (obsolete) An excrescence, and excrescent growth; an outgrowth.
    • And having enquir'd into the History of Cork, I find it reckoned as an excrescency of the bark of a certain Tree […].1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, section XVIII
  4. (obsolete) An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth time for RIP final always.

Questions about excrescencies

What is excrescencies the plural of?
Excrescencies is the plural of excrescency.

Words near excrescencies in the dictionary

  1. excrements
  2. excresce
  3. excresced
  4. excrescence
  5. excrescences
  6. excrescencies
  7. excrescency
  8. excrescent
  9. excrescential
  10. excrescently
  11. excrescents

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