Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
Used in a Sentence
excrescences
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for excrescences.
Editorial note
Does that mean a world filled with lies need not end in fire, and those excrescences of violence we do observe are aberrational?
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Parts of speech1
Quick take
Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of excrescences gathered in one view.
A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
(phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for excrescences.
noun
Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
noun
A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct.
noun
(phonetics) The epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [ˈwɔrmpθ] (adding a [p] between [m] and [θ]), or -t (Etymology 2).
Example sentences
Does that mean a world filled with lies need not end in fire, and those excrescences of violence we do observe are aberrational?
There arose noxious exhalations and putrid excrescences, and out of these was spawned the species known as paleface — though not all at once.
When we see a play swathed and larded with these excrescences, we must rub our eyes and ask: ‘What is this?
> Does that mean a world filled with lies need not end in fire, and those excrescences of violence we do observe are aberrational?
I think he referred to them as Victorian excrescences?
The filed bugs are actually just badly concealed feature requests and the software for which you just started getting a nice mental model over starts to grow the most hideous excrescences.
Are the excrescences of your soul merely the feedstock of an industrial process that requires human fleshbrains for supervised learning processes the output of which will be the property of the state since they are formed without human agency?
Is it your Florentine fashion to put the masters of the science of medicine on a level with men who do carpentry on broken limbs, and sew up wounds like tailors, and carve away excrescences as a butcher trims meat?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use excrescences in a sentence?
Does that mean a world filled with lies need not end in fire, and those excrescences of violence we do observe are aberrational?
What does excrescences mean?
Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
What part of speech is excrescences?
excrescences is commonly used as noun.