Excrescence

Pronunciation

Origin

Middle English, early 15th century, in sense “(action of) growing out (of something else)”. From Latin excrescentia ("abnormal growths"), from excrescentem, from excrēscere, from ex- ("out") (English ex-) + crēscere ("to grow") (English crescent). Sense of “abnormal growth” from 1570s, from earlier excrescency (1540s in this sense).

Online Etymology Dictionary

Full definition of excrescence

Noun

1. Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
2. A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
3. (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as ˈwɔrmpθ (adding a p between m and θ), or -t.

Antonyms

• (phonetic) anaptyxis

Related terms

• excrescency
• excrescent

Hypernyms

• (phonetic) epenthesis

Hyponyms

• (phonetic) linking consonant