remnantaladj.

Brit.

/rɛmˈnantl/,

/ˈrɛmnəntl/, U.S.

/ˌrɛmˈnæn(t)əl/,

/ˈrɛmnən(t)əl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: remnant n., -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < remnant n. + -al suffix¹.

Chiefly Geomorphology. Now rare.

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a remnant (esp. of an earlier landform: cf. remnant n. 2f).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [adjective] > left after erosion

remnantal1857

1857 Allen's Indian Mail 1 Dec. 826/1 The town people..have got over their funk here, with marvellous stoicism, of isolated murders and remnantal mutinies.

1888 R. T. Hill in Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Arkansas 2 xvi. 175 The remnantal protuberances of this ancient mountain system.

1907 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 174 470 Farther south at Paraje..and at El Paso, the same remnantal levels are noted.

1964 Geogr. Jrnl. 130 87 Its lower course, below the Ironbridge gorge, follows..a wide erosional vale ribboned with an intricate assembly of remnantal terraces and rock-benches.

2002 W. B. McGregor Verb Classif. Austral. Lang. iii. 147 The system cannot even be analysed synchronically as a compounding system; compounding is at best remnantal.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	remnantal
释义	remnantaladj. Brit. /rɛmˈnantl/, /ˈrɛmnəntl/, U.S. /ˌrɛmˈnæn(t)əl/, /ˈrɛmnən(t)əl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: remnant n., -al suffix¹. Etymology: < remnant n. + -al suffix¹. Chiefly Geomorphology. Now rare. Of, relating to, or of the nature of a remnant (esp. of an earlier landform: cf. remnant n. 2f). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [adjective] > left after erosion remnantal1857 1857 Allen's Indian Mail 1 Dec. 826/1 The town people..have got over their funk here, with marvellous stoicism, of isolated murders and remnantal mutinies. 1888 R. T. Hill in Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv. Arkansas 2 xvi. 175 The remnantal protuberances of this ancient mountain system. 1907 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 174 470 Farther south at Paraje..and at El Paso, the same remnantal levels are noted. 1964 Geogr. Jrnl. 130 87 Its lower course, below the Ironbridge gorge, follows..a wide erosional vale ribboned with an intricate assembly of remnantal terraces and rock-benches. 2002 W. B. McGregor Verb Classif. Austral. Lang. iii. 147 The system cannot even be analysed synchronically as a compounding system; compounding is at best remnantal. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1857
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