单词 | superexcrescence |
释义 | superexcrescencen.ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > an increase eke894 increasec1384 eking1393 augmentationc1452 superexcrescence1479 access1548 accrue1548 accession1551 increasement1561 ekementa1603 afflux1603 accruement1607 increment1631 rise1654 plusa1721 raise1729 swell1768 gain1851 step-up1922 upcurve1928 build-up1943 1479 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 90/1 He suld mak him be..pait ȝerly of the superexcrescence, mare than the said ten pundisworth. 1499 in M. Livingstone Reg. Secreti Sigilli Regum Scotorum (1908) I. 51/1 To ansuer to the king of the superexcrescence of the proffitis. 1530 in C. C. Harvey Cal. Writs Yester House (1930) 142 The profits amounting to 20 bolls of aitis sawing of Nythisdale met estimat in superexcrescence to the thrid corn. a1690 D. Monro Descr. W. Isles (1961) 88 The superexcrescens of the said ky and scheip. 2. A thing that grows superfluously, an added outgrowth on a surface, etc.; (as a mass noun) superfluous growth. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] carnosity1559 outwaxing1562 mandrake1568 excrescence1578 sarcome1626 excrescency1641 glandule1656 sarcoma1657 superexcrescence1676 caruncle1722 wart1774 clavus1842 growth1849 adenoid1855 neoplasm1863 neoplasma1876 1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. iv. v. 321 After the Escar separated, I rubb'd the remaining Superexcrescence with a Vitriol-stone. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Superexcrescence, something superfluously growing. 1882 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 22 Feb. In thy [sc. an oyster's] submergence..This superexcrescence..proved thy salvation. 1910 F. W. Coker Organismic Theories State 152 In general social diseases..result ultimately in..some form of super-excrescence in one part and debilitation in another. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1479 |
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