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Sunday, January 26, 2014 Word of the Day: excrescence thefreedictionary/excrescence Definition: (noun) Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. Synonyms: extrusion, gibbosity, hump, jut, bulge, protrusion, protuberance, swelling, bump, prominence. Usage: A roof, Richard contended, was a part of the edifice that the ancients always endeavored to conceal, it being an excrescence in architecture that was only to be tolerated on account of its usefulness.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 07:00:31 +0000

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