Crescive
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Crescent
SYLLABICATION: cres·cent
PRONUNCIATION: krsnt
NOUN: 1. The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points. 2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially: a. A curved pastry. b. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
ADJECTIVE: 1. Crescent-shaped. 2. Waxing, as the moon; increasing.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crscere. See ker-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: cres·centic (kr-sntk) —ADJECTIVE
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Crescent
SYLLABICATION: cres·cent
PRONUNCIATION: krsnt
NOUN: 1. The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points. 2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially: a. A curved pastry. b. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
ADJECTIVE: 1. Crescent-shaped. 2. Waxing, as the moon; increasing.
ETYMOLOGY: Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French creissant, from present participle of creistre, to grow, from Latin crscere. See ker-2 in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS: cres·centic (kr-sntk) —ADJECTIVE
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