supercrescencen.

Brit.

/ˌsuːpəˈkrɛsns/,

/ˌsjuːpəˈkrɛsns/, U.S.

/ˌsupərˈkrɛs(ə)ns/

Forms: 1600s supercrescens, 1600s 1800s– supercrescence.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: supercrescent adj., -ence suffix.

Etymology: < supercrescent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare post-classical Latin supercrescentia increasing growth (13th cent. in a British source).

Now rare.

A thing which grows over or on top of something else, a superficial growth; a living organism which grows on another, a parasite or epiphyte. Also: such growth.In quot. 1664 perhaps: an excessive growth. In quot. 1896 figurative (cf. parasite n. 1a).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > epiphyte

superplant1626

supercrescence1646

air plant1799

epiphyte1861

strangler1895

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 98 Like other supercrescenses, and such as living upon the stock of others, are termed Parasiticall plants.

1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. 627 There are notable Super-crescences of the Gristles and Ligaments.

1851 Vet. Homœopathy 302 Peeling of the skin, or casting of scaly supercrescences.

1896 Typogr. Jrnl. 8 266/1 The over-zealous worker in the labor movement probably has no idea that he is abridging the usefulness of his main chance (trades-unionism) in encouraging thereto a socialistic supercrescence.

1970 B. Blatt Exodus from Pandemonium v. 70 It is always fruitless..to attempt to convince someone that supercrescence, filth, slime, all things scatological..are natural and, consequently, completely acceptable facets of our human eminence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	supercrescence
释义	supercrescencen. Brit. /ˌsuːpəˈkrɛsns/, /ˌsjuːpəˈkrɛsns/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈkrɛs(ə)ns/ Forms: 1600s supercrescens, 1600s 1800s– supercrescence. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: supercrescent adj., -ence suffix. Etymology: < supercrescent adj.: see -ence suffix. Compare post-classical Latin supercrescentia increasing growth (13th cent. in a British source). Now rare. A thing which grows over or on top of something else, a superficial growth; a living organism which grows on another, a parasite or epiphyte. Also: such growth.In quot. 1664 perhaps: an excessive growth. In quot. 1896 figurative (cf. parasite n. 1a). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by nutrition or respiration > [noun] > epiphyte superplant1626 supercrescence1646 air plant1799 epiphyte1861 strangler1895 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. vi. 98 Like other supercrescenses, and such as living upon the stock of others, are termed Parasiticall plants. View more context for this quotation 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. 627 There are notable Super-crescences of the Gristles and Ligaments. 1851 Vet. Homœopathy 302 Peeling of the skin, or casting of scaly supercrescences. 1896 Typogr. Jrnl. 8 266/1 The over-zealous worker in the labor movement probably has no idea that he is abridging the usefulness of his main chance (trades-unionism) in encouraging thereto a socialistic supercrescence. 1970 B. Blatt Exodus from Pandemonium v. 70 It is always fruitless..to attempt to convince someone that supercrescence, filth, slime, all things scatological..are natural and, consequently, completely acceptable facets of our human eminence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1646
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