| 释义 |
excrescential, a.|ɛkskrɛˈsɛnʃəl|
[f. L. excrēscenti-a (see excrescence) + -al1.]
Of the nature of an excrescence, redundant.
1849Ruskin Sev. Lamps vi. §15. 177 Mane and beard as in the lion..are..excrescential characters. a1864Hawthorne Eng. Note-bks. (1879) II. 183 The vestry..occupies that excrescential edifice. |