misgrowth

noun

misgrowth

noun

Etymology From mis- + growth.

1

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 […]

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.