excrescence
Plural: excrescences
Noun
- something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
- "the bony excrescence between its horns"
- (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
- Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
- A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
- The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English, early 15th century, in sense “(action of) growing out (of something else)”. Borrowed 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).
Synonyms
bulge, bump, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, vyanjanabhakti
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 24
excrescence: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordexcrescence: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
excrescence: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary