"excrudescent"

Arnold M. Zwicky zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Mon Oct 23 23:16:33 UTC 2006


On Oct 23, 2006, at 3:44 PM, Doug  Wilson wrote:

> Looks to me like "excrescent" + "recrudescent".

ah.  good idea.

>
> Probably favored by evocation of "excrement" and "crude", I suppose.

oh yes.

arnold

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