excrescentialadj.
/ɛkskrɛˈsɛnʃəl/ Of the nature of an excrescence, redundant.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous > superfluous or unnecessary
wastec1380
voidc1440
superfluousc1450
supererogative1538
supererogatory1549
supervacaneala1575
supervacaneousa1575
supervacuous1577
supernumerary1617
excrescent1633
expletive1656
expletory1679
supererogant1737
ripieno1781
excrescentitious1833
excrescential1849
fifth-wheel1874
1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 177 Mane and beard as in the lion..are..excrescential characters.
1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 13 Apr. in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. v. 199 The vestry..occupies that excrescential edifice.
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