Definition of "excrescent" [ex•cres•cent]

• Growing out abnormally, excessively, or superfluously. (adjective)
• Linguistics Of or relating to epenthesis; epenthetic. (adjective)

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• "Scot actively engaged in parochial work, had his attention fixed upon the reckless improvidence of the 'excrescent' population, and welcomed"
• "These were the facts which really suggested his theory of the 'excrescent' population, produced by the over-speculation of capitalists."
• "She has been flanked on policing issues by Greenwood-Aurora Involved Neighbors (GAIN), who stepped up the heat a degree or two after seeing a big spillover of crime from the excrescent Aurora Avenue North vice strip into their residential neighborhoods to the west, and after documenting types of crime, locations and slow or non-existent police response."