supercrescent
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin supercrescens, present participle of supercrescere.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛsənt
Adjective[edit]
supercrescent (not comparable)
- (archaic) Growing on some other growing thing.
- 1732, George Smith, Institutiones Chirurgicæ: or, Principles of Surgery:
- consume or diminish the supercrescent or overgrown Flesh
References[edit]
- “supercrescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
supercrēscent