decrescent

decrescent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

Definitions

  1. 1.Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
  2. 2.A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister. Cussans.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

Related questions

Reverse-dictionary questions

Definition-first questions whose answer is decrescent.

Sources