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accrescent.

Growing; increasing.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/əˈkɹɛsənt/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Growing; increasing.

  2. Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.

Where this word comes from

From Latin accrescens, accrescentis, present participle of accrescere, from ad + crescere (“to grow”).

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