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relict

noun
/ˈɹɛlɪkt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English relicte (“widow”), from Middle French relicte (“widow”), from Late Latin relicta (“widow”), from Latin relictus, past participle of relinquō (“to abandon, to relinquish, to leave (behind)”), from re- + linquō (“to leave, quit, forsake, depart from”). Doublet of relic, derelict, and relinquish.

  1. derived from relictus
  2. derived from relicta — “widow”
  3. derived from relicte — “widow”
  4. inherited from relicte — “widow”
  5. inherited from relicte

Definitions

  1. Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of…

    Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.

    • Upon which the Chancellor, by way of note said, 'it is suggested, that there is a relict of the deceased, married to another man, who has joined her in a power of attorney to authorize the sale of her interest, […]'
    • But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence, an assured future.

  2. Surviving, remaining.

  3. That is a relict

    That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.

    • In the lakes and in the streams were species of fish not known elsewhere on earth and birds and lizards and other forms of life as well all long relict here for the desert stretched away on every side.

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Derived

pedorelict, relictual

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for relict. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA