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excrescency

excrescency noun: an excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development.

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.

Forms of excrescency

pluralexcrescencies

Origin of excrescency

From excrescent + -cy.

Questions about excrescency

What does excrescency mean?
Excrescency means an excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development.
What part of speech is excrescency?
Excrescency is a noun.
What is the plural of excrescency?
The plural of excrescency is excrescencies.

Words near excrescency in the dictionary

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

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