EXCREMENTIVE
Ex`cre*men"tive, a.
Defn: Serving to excrete; connected with excretion or excrement. [R.]
"The excrementive parts." Felthman.
EXCREMENTIZE
Ex"cre*ment*ize` v. i.
Defn: To void excrement. [R.] Life of A. Wood
EXCRESCENCE Ex*cres"cence n. Etym: [F. excrescence, excroissanse, L. excrescentia excrescences, neut. pl. of p. pr. of excrescere. See Excrescent.]
Defn: An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a troublesome superfluity; an incumbrance; as, an excrescence on the body, or on a plant. "Excrescences of joy." Jer. Taylor. The excrescences of the Spanish monarchy. Addison.
EXCRESCENCY
Ex*cres"cen*cy, n.
Defn: Excrescence. [Obs.]
EXCRESCENT Ex*cres"cent, a. Etym: [L. excresens, -entis, p. pr. of excrescere to grow out ; ex out + crescere to grow. See Crescent.]
Defn: Growing out in an abnormal or morbid manner or as a
superfluity.
Expunge the whole, or lip the excrescent parts. Pope.
Excrescent letter (Philol.), a letter which has been added to a root;
as, the d in alder (AS. alr) is an excrescent letter.