crescent
crescent adj
L. crescent-em < L. crescere, grow, increase.
- Small; thin; not complete; not a full moon; increasing or decreasing; waxing or waning.
crescent n
ME cressant < L. crescere, grow.
- Waxing or waning moon; [fig.] incompleteness; restrictedness; fraction of the possibilities; part of a larger whole.
- Piece; bit; whit; tiny amount; small part of a larger whole that once existed.
- Flag; standard; ensign; [fig.] resemblance of what once was.