Excrescence (noun)
eks-kres-ens / eks-kree-sens
An abnormal outgrowth, usually harmless, on an animal or vegetable body. / a normal outgrowth, as hair or horns. / any disfiguring addition.
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English; from Latin excrēscentia; excrescent, -ence
Example sentences
“The bad weather had caused excrescence on the fruit, although it was all still edible. ”
V.E. Schwab, author of New York Times bestseller Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, the hit novel series Shades of Magic, and the creator of Netflix’s queer vampire series,…
A new £15,000 writing prize has been launched for voices that reflect the refugee and migrant experience. The Footnote x Counterpoints fiction prize aims to celebrate writers from refugee and…
