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remnant
English
Alternative forms
- remnaunt (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remane?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???mn?nt/
- Hyphenation: rem?nant
Noun
remnant (plural remnants)
- The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
- The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
- Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
- An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.
Synonyms
- (small remaining portion): relic, residue, remainder, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
- (unsold end of piece goods): remains
Derived terms
- nova remnant
- supernova remnant
Related terms
- remain
- remanent
Translations
Adjective
remnant (not comparable)
- (archaic) Remaining; still left.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
- Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.
- 1709, Matthew Prior, Pleasure
- And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.
- 1639, Thomas Fuller, The Historie of the Holy Warre
Further reading
- remnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- remnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- remnant at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- manrent
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leavings
English
Etymology
Participial form of "leave".
Noun
leavings pl (plural only)
- A worthless and incidental residuum, such as scraps from a meal, or shavings or sawdust from wood.
- The leavings were thrown to the dogs.
- The poor survive on the leavings of the rich and wasteful.
Translations
Anagrams
- Svengali, sleaving, svengali
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