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adjective
1.
growing abnormally out of something else; superfluous.
2.
Phonetics. (of a speech sound) inserted or added as a result of articulatory interaction or impetus, as the t-sound in sense (sents) or against (from Middle English ageynes), without grammatical or historical justification; intrusive; parasitic.
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Excrescent
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| any one of a variety of ingressive, usually implosive, speech sounds produced by suction occlusion and plosive or affricative release |
| a movable organ, as the tongue, lips, or uvula, the action of which is involved in the production of speech sounds |
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excrescent ex·cres·cent (ĭk-skrěs'ənt)
adj.
Growing out abnormally, excessively, or superfluously.
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