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Excrescence
excrescence
(excrescences) If you describe something such as a building, addition, or development as an excrescence, you strongly disapprove of it because you think it is unnecessary, bad, or ugly. (LITERARY) ...an architectural excrescence... The trade union block vote is an excrescence on democracy. = blot N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N on n c darkgreen]disapproval
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1.
noun Date: 15th century 1. a projection or outgrowth especially when abnormal warty ~s in the colon 2. a disfiguring, extraneous, or unwanted mark or part ; blot 3. by-product 2 ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 an abnormal or morbid outgrowth on the body or a plant. 2 an ugly addition. Derivatives excrescent adj. excrescential adj. Etymology: L excrescentia (as EX-(1), crescere grow) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. нарост 2. бот. нарост, кап 3. вет. опухоль 4. разрастание, бурный рост 5. рост (волос, рогов и т. п.) 6. нарастание, взрыв (радости и т. п.) 7. уродство; что-л. режущее глаз many new office buildings are excrescences upon the city —- многие новые административные здания уродуют город ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n formal 1 something such as an ugly building that makes the surrounding area seem less attractive (The new museum is nothing but an excrescence on the urban landscape.) 2 an ugly growth on an animal or plant ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from L. excrescentia (pl.) "abnormal growths," from excrescentem (nom. excrescens), prp. of excrescere "grow out," from ex- "out" + crescere "grow." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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