n. & adj.
n. 1 the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon. 2 anything of this shape, esp. Brit. a street forming an arc. 3 a the crescent-shaped emblem of Islam or Turkey. b (the Crescent) the world or power of Islam.
adj. 1 poet. increasing. 2 crescent-shaped. crescentic adj.
[ ME f. AF cressaunt, OF creissant, f. L crescere grow ]