excrescencyn.

/ɛkˈskrɛsənsi/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -sy, -sie.

Etymology: formed as excrescence n.: see -ency suffix.

1. Excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out or forth; abnormal or excessive development; an instance of the same. †In early use also: An exuberant outburst, an extravagance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun]

unhovea1300

passingc1350

distemperancec1374

excess1393

unmeasurea1400

surfeita1500

excessivenessa1513

ametry?1541

immoderation?1541

distemperature1572

exceedingnessa1586

grossness1585

unreasonableness1606

inordinacya1617

excrescency1638

immoderancy1646

fair share1650

overbalance1651

hyperbole1652

overheight1664

immoderacya1682

faggald1824

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [noun] > exuberant outburst

excrescence1629

excrescency1638

ebulliency1676

ebullience1749

exuberance1841

elation1870

the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth > abnormal or excessive development

excrescency1638

misdevelopment1841

1638 D. Featley Stricturæ in Lyndomastygem ii. 12 in H. Lynde Case for Spectacles The excrescensie and superabundance of Saints satisfactions.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Exhort. §7 Some Saints have had excrescencies and eruptions of holiness in the instances of uncommanded duties.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. ii. §25 Our Fasts..and all exteriour acts of religion are to be guided by our Superiour, if he sees cause to asswage any excrescencie.

1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 172 The Deduction and Moderation of their [the Nails'] Excrescencie to a just extendure.

a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 149 An extraordinary excrescency of bones below..the rump bone.

1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 202 If there is an Excrescency of Flesh, you shall boil Grass with Oil and put it in it.

†2. Something that is excrescent; an outgrowth; = excrescence n. 2. Often applied to fungi. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > that which originates from something else

daughtereOE

outcasting1340

impc1380

childa1398

outgrowing?a1425

proventc1451

provenuec1487

excrescency1545

sprig1575

procedure?1577

proceed1578

derivative1593

offspring1596

superfetation1603

excression1610

shootc1610

excretion1615

slip1627

excrescence1633

derivation1641

derivate1660

offshoot1801

offtracta1806

deduction1835

outgrowth1837

1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.viii^v Warts and suche lyke excrescensys on the face.

1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1384 The earthie excrescences, called Mushrums.

1647 J. Hall Poems Pref. sig. A3 A Mushrome though but an excrescency, well drest is no poyson, but a Salad.

1648 Hunting of Fox 5 Pruned of their luxuriant excrescencies.

1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. xi. 73 The red pugger'd attire of the Turky, and the long Excrescency that hangs down over his Bill.

1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 256 Excrescencies in form of Teats.

1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Excrescency, that which sticks to or grows upon another thing, as cat's tails upon a nut tree, etc.

†3.

a. An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth; = excrescence n. 3. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun]

carnosity1559

outwaxing1562

mandrake1568

excrescence1578

sarcome1626

excrescency1641

glandule1656

sarcoma1657

superexcrescence1676

caruncle1722

wart1774

clavus1842

growth1849

adenoid1855

neoplasm1863

neoplasma1876

the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish > excrescence

excrescence1578

wen1597

excrescency1641

1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 54 A huge and monstrous Wen little lesse then the Head it selfe, growing to it by a narrower excrescency.

1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 156 A large Wen upon our Faces..or any the like superfluous excrescency.

b. transferred and figurative.

ΚΠ

1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 109 Hee..would have onely the excrescencies of evil prun'd away for the present.

a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) iii. 120 Oaths as they commonly pass are meer excrescencies of Speech.

1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Mar. 2/2 Ambition, Lust, Envy, and Revenge, are Excrescencies of the Mind.

1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 133 The two last books of the Iliad may be thought not to be excrescencies, but essential to the poem.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 90 Have we not motives for those excrescencies of action?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	excrescency
释义	excrescencyn. /ɛkˈskrɛsənsi/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s -sy, -sie. Etymology: formed as excrescence n.: see -ency suffix. 1. Excrescent state or condition; the quality or fact of growing out or forth; abnormal or excessive development; an instance of the same. †In early use also: An exuberant outburst, an extravagance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] unhovea1300 passingc1350 distemperancec1374 excess1393 unmeasurea1400 surfeita1500 excessivenessa1513 ametry?1541 immoderation?1541 distemperature1572 exceedingnessa1586 grossness1585 unreasonableness1606 inordinacya1617 excrescency1638 immoderancy1646 fair share1650 overbalance1651 hyperbole1652 overheight1664 immoderacya1682 faggald1824 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > [noun] > exuberant outburst excrescence1629 excrescency1638 ebulliency1676 ebullience1749 exuberance1841 elation1870 the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > types of growth > abnormal or excessive development excrescency1638 misdevelopment1841 1638 D. Featley Stricturæ in Lyndomastygem ii. 12 in H. Lynde Case for Spectacles The excrescensie and superabundance of Saints satisfactions. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar Exhort. §7 Some Saints have had excrescencies and eruptions of holiness in the instances of uncommanded duties. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar i. ii. §25 Our Fasts..and all exteriour acts of religion are to be guided by our Superiour, if he sees cause to asswage any excrescencie. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 172 The Deduction and Moderation of their [the Nails'] Excrescencie to a just extendure. a1661 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Satyres (1673) 149 An extraordinary excrescency of bones below..the rump bone. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses 202 If there is an Excrescency of Flesh, you shall boil Grass with Oil and put it in it. †2. Something that is excrescent; an outgrowth; = excrescence n. 2. Often applied to fungi. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > that which originates from something else daughtereOE outcasting1340 impc1380 childa1398 outgrowing?a1425 proventc1451 provenuec1487 excrescency1545 sprig1575 procedure?1577 proceed1578 derivative1593 offspring1596 superfetation1603 excression1610 shootc1610 excretion1615 slip1627 excrescence1633 derivation1641 derivate1660 offshoot1801 offtracta1806 deduction1835 outgrowth1837 1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde iv. sig. Y.viii^v Warts and suche lyke excrescensys on the face. 1597 J. Gerard Herball iii. 1384 The earthie excrescences, called Mushrums. 1647 J. Hall Poems Pref. sig. A3 A Mushrome though but an excrescency, well drest is no poyson, but a Salad. 1648 Hunting of Fox 5 Pruned of their luxuriant excrescencies. 1653 H. More Antidote against Atheism in Coll. Philos. Writings (1712) ii. xi. 73 The red pugger'd attire of the Turky, and the long Excrescency that hangs down over his Bill. 1704 J. Swift Full Acct. Battel between Bks. in Tale of Tub 256 Excrescencies in form of Teats. 1736 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum (ed. 2) Excrescency, that which sticks to or grows upon another thing, as cat's tails upon a nut tree, etc. †3. a. An abnormal, morbid, or unsightly outgrowth; = excrescence n. 3. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] carnosity1559 outwaxing1562 mandrake1568 excrescence1578 sarcome1626 excrescency1641 glandule1656 sarcoma1657 superexcrescence1676 caruncle1722 wart1774 clavus1842 growth1849 adenoid1855 neoplasm1863 neoplasma1876 the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > disfigurement > [noun] > a disfigurement or blemish > excrescence excrescence1578 wen1597 excrescency1641 1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 54 A huge and monstrous Wen little lesse then the Head it selfe, growing to it by a narrower excrescency. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 156 A large Wen upon our Faces..or any the like superfluous excrescency. b. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xi. 109 Hee..would have onely the excrescencies of evil prun'd away for the present. a1677 I. Barrow Several Serm. Evil-speaking (1678) iii. 120 Oaths as they commonly pass are meer excrescencies of Speech. 1713 R. Steele in Guardian 12 Mar. 2/2 Ambition, Lust, Envy, and Revenge, are Excrescencies of the Mind. 1756 J. Warton Ess. on Pope I. iii. 133 The two last books of the Iliad may be thought not to be excrescencies, but essential to the poem. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued I. i. 90 Have we not motives for those excrescencies of action? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1545
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