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excrescence

[ik-skres-uhns] / ɪkˈskrɛs əns /


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Things didn't improve from there, with The Observer calling it "shameless excrescence" in 2017.

From BBC Dec. 23, 2018

Its head is a sculptural confection of broken cycles, its rear a writhing excrescence of black rubber loops.

From Economist Oct. 26, 2017

“It is the most absorbing of occupations, the least satisfying of desires, an aimless excrescence upon life. It annihilates a man.”

From The Guardian Sep. 14, 2016

This ravishing excrescence reminded me of a shipwreck-themed Alexander McQueen show from 2002, which opened with a video of a drowning girl.

From The New Yorker Mar. 21, 2016

Proud′-flesh, a growth or excrescence of flesh in a wound.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various




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