|
| ex·cres·cent [ ik skréss'nt ] |
adjective |
|
| Definition: |
| |
1. superfluous: added or growing out unnecessarily
(
formal
)
|
2. biology relating to outgrowth: relating to or like an outgrowth on an organism
|
3. linguistics added in speaking: describes a speech sound that occurs in a word to allow ease of pronunciation
|
| [15th century. < Latin excrescent-, present participle of excrescere "grow out" < crescere "grow"] |
|
  ex·cres·cent·ly adverb |
|
