relict

Meaning

Noun

1. (archaic, formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
2. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
3. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
4. (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Surviving, remaining.
2. (not-comparable) That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.

Synonyms

residual

remains

survival

remainder

residue

relic

widow

remnant

remain

remaining

remanent

remnants

residuum

surviving

survivor

vestige

dowager

surviving wife

escaper

existent

grass widow

leftover

living fossil

odds and ends

posterity

Translations

Witwe

vestigi

überlebend

supervivent

fortlebend

Relikt

vivent

restant

durchstehend

χήρα

είδος υπό εξαφάνιση

autre

restant

autres

ريليكت

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹɛlɪkt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: relicte

In summary

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