crescentic

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adjective

Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc.

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crescent
OriginEnglish crescent ← Middle English cressaunt ← Old French creissant →
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Meanings

adjectivecrescentic (comparative more crescentic, superlative most crescentic)

comparative more crescentic · superlative most crescentic

  1. Growing, increasing, gaining size, etc.
  2. Crescent-shaped.

    Twin dimples of the crescentic type came down her tanned cheeks on the sides of her mournful mouth.

    1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, page 25

Synonyms & antonyms

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crescent

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normancressaunt
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱer-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱreh₁-sḱéti
  4. Latincrēscō
  5. Latincrēscentem
  6. Old Frenchcreissant
  7. Middle Englishcressaunt
  8. Englishcrescent
  9. Englishcrescentic

From crescent (“(growing) half moon”) + -ic. More at crescent.

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APA

crescentic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crescentic

MLA

“crescentic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crescentic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crescentic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crescentic.

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