adjective
- growing abnormally out of something else; superfluous.
- Phonetics. (of a speech sound) inserted or added as a result of articulatory interaction or impetus, as the t-sound in sense (sents) or against (from Middle English ageynes), without grammatical or historical justification; intrusive; parasitic.
adjective
- denoting, relating to, or resembling an abnormal outgrowth
- uselessly added; not essential; superfluous
- denoting or relating to a speech sound or letter inserted into a word without etymological justification, such as the b in nimble
mid-15c., from Latin excrescentem (nominative excrescens), present participle of excrescere (see excrescence).
adj.
- Growing out abnormally, excessively, or superfluously.