excrescent

• Adjectif qui qualifie ce qui pousse anormalement ou ce qui est superflu, en excès. Peut aussi s'employer au sens figuré pour désigner quelque chose d'encombrant ou d'indésirable.

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.

   Qui forme une excroissance

   • 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.

   Synonymesbulgingjuttingprojectingprominentprotrudingprotuberant

   Antonymesrecedingrecessed