Meaning of excrescency | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out of something; abnormal or excessive development
2. An exuberant outburst; an extravagance.
   obsolete
3. An excrescence, and excrescent growth; an outgrowth.
   obsolete
4. An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth time for RIP final always.
   obsolete

Examples

“And having enquir'd into the History of Cork, I find it reckoned as an excrescency of the bark of a certain Tree […].”

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