misgrowth

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noun

An unnatural or abnormal growth.

“c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Henry More […] their physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic and a misgrowth of entia rationalia, that is, substantiated abstractions […]”

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Meanings

nounmisgrowth (countable and uncountable, plural misgrowths)

plural misgrowths

  1. countableuncountableAn unnatural or abnormal growth.

    c. 1810-1834? Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Henry More […] their physiology imbrangled with an inapplicable logic and a misgrowth of entia rationalia, that is, substantiated abstractions […]

Origin

From mis- + growth.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

growthism
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APA

misgrowth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misgrowth

MLA

“misgrowth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misgrowth. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “misgrowth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/misgrowth.

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