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- noun Plural form of
excrescence .
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Examples
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Had to look up "excrescences"--and I'm glad I did!
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As Gothe was his own marter, his excrescences were the more easily forgiven, because of their consistency with his principles and with each other, of a certain moderation he observed in them, and of his affability towards all he conversed with; but his school is the most ridiculous that can be conceived.
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"excrescences," were taken down and removed to other parts of the church.
The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains Frederick W. Woodhouse
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"These great excrescences of the earth," it declared, "to outward appearance have neither use nor comeliness."
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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"These great excrescences of the earth," it declared, "to outward appearance have neither use nor comeliness."
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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I call them all the time to complain about issues, especially the two Senate excrescences.
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"These great excrescences of the earth," it declared, "to outward appearance have neither use nor comeliness."
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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"These great excrescences of the earth," it declared, "to outward appearance have neither use nor comeliness."
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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"These great excrescences of the earth," it declared, "to outward appearance have neither use nor comeliness."
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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"These great excrescences of the earth," it declared, "to outward appearance have neither use nor comeliness."
Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2 Richard Bangs 2011
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