excrescent

• Veraltetes Adjektiv für etwas, das abnorm wächst oder überflüssig ist; oft bildlich gebraucht im Sinne von übermäßig, überschüssig oder unerwünscht.

An obsolete adjective describing something that grows out abnormally or is superfluous; often used in a figurative sense to mean redundant or unwanted.

1. Forming an outgrowthC2formal

   Growing out from something as an abnormal or excessive projection.

   Auswuchernd

   • The tree had an excrescent branch that twisted oddly.
   • The doctor removed an excrescent growth from the patient's skin.
   • Excrescent formations on the rock were caused by mineral deposits.

   Synonymebulgingjuttingprojectingprominentprotrudingprotuberant

   Antonymerecedingrecessed