crescentic

adj — 2 senses

crescentic

adj

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

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: crescent
Derived terms: bicrescentic, crescentic nephritis, noncrescentic, subcrescentic
Related terms: crescendo

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