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adjective Excrescent adj. Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a superfluity. "Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts." Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root; as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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