supercrescent

English

Etymology

Latin supercrescens, present participle of supercrescere.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

supercrescent (not comparable)

1. (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

1. third-person plural future active indicative of supercrēscō