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单词 excrescent
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Definition of excrescent in English:

excrescent

adjective ɪkˈskrɛs(ə)ntɛkˈskrɛs(ə)ntˌɪkˈskrɛs(ə)nt
  • 1Forming or constituting an excrescence.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One hour's light to be left and there's the excrescent moon sponging off the last of it.
    Synonyms
    bulging, bulbous, popping, swelling, swollen, distended, sticking out, jutting, jutting out, protruding
  • 2(of a speech sound) added without etymological justification (e.g. the -t at the end of the surname Bryant).

Rhymes

acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent
 
 

Definition of excrescent in US English:

excrescent

adjectiveˌikˈskres(ə)ntˌɪkˈskrɛs(ə)nt
  • 1Forming or constituting an excrescence.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • One hour's light to be left and there's the excrescent moon sponging off the last of it.
    Synonyms
    bulging, bulbous, popping, swelling, swollen, distended, sticking out, jutting, jutting out, protruding
  • 2(of a speech sound) added without etymological justification (e.g. the -t at the end of the surname Bryant).

 
 
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