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Excrescent

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Adjective

1. excrescent

forming an outgrowth (usually an excessive outgrowth)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Excrescent

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adjective
1. 
denoting, relating to, or resembling an abnormal outgrowth
2. 
uselessly added; not essential; superfluous
3. 
denoting or relating to a speech sound or letter inserted into a word without etymological justification, such as the b in nimble

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Excrescent

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adjective
1. 
forming an excrescence; growing abnormally; superfluous
2.  Phonetics
designating or of an epenthetic sound or letter in a word

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Excrescent

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adj.
1. Growing out abnormally, excessively, or superfluously.
2. Linguistics Of or relating to epenthesis; epenthetic.

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