Crescentic

Origin

From crescent '(growing) half moon' + -ic; from Anglo-Norman cressaunt, from Old French creissant, from Latin crēscēns ("waxing"), present active participle of crēscō ("come forth, grow").

Full definition of crescentic

Adjective

1. growing, increasing, gaining size etc.
2. Crescent-shaped.
• 1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill 1972, p. 25:Twin dimples of the crescentic type came down her tanned cheeks on the sides of her mournful mouth.

Synonyms

• crescent

Derived terms

• crescentic nephritis (a kidney disease)

Related terms

• crescendo

Anagrams

• eccentrics