excrescent
English
Etymology
From Latin excrēscēns, present participle of excrēscō.
Noun
excrescent (plural excrescents)
- Something growing, usually abnormally, out of something else.
- (phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason.
- "B" in "nimble" is an excrescent.
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