supercrescent

English

Etymology

Latin supercrescens, present participle of supercrescere.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

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

“supercrescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Verb

supercrēscent

third-person plural future active indicative of supercrēscō

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