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remnantn.adj. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: remanant n. Etymology: Variant of remanant n., with elision of the medial syllable. A. n. 1. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest > of persons a1375 (c1350) (1867) 2901 (MED) Al þo remnant of þe rude bestes for fere be-gunne to fle. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in (1557) 51/1 Her semed the Cardinall more redy to depart, then..the remnant. 1535 Neh. i. 3 The remnaunt of the captiuyte are there in the londe. c1540 (?a1400) 7149 All the Remnond and Roke radly þai broght And brent vp the bodies vnto bare askis. 1569 R. Grafton II. 675 The remnaunt returned to the armie with small gaine. 1606 G. W. tr. Justinus xxviii. 98 Seeing the remnant were few, to whom his mercy might be manifest. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor xix. 244 Many millions did die accursedly, and the small remnant became vagabonds. 1736 R. Brookes tr. J.-B. Du Halde et al. I. 433 The Remnant of the People were obliged to fly for Safety to the Western Mountains. 1762 Chron. in 206/2 The remnant of the Vandals united with the Mecklenburghers about the year 1429. 1800 Duke of Wellington (1837) I. 181 I wrote to the chiefs of the remnant of Goklah's force. 1863 A. P. Stanley I. xv. 351 The remnant of the insurgents takes refuge in the lofty tower. 1905 24 Jan. 4/6 In a terrible surf, with the glass near zero, they finally brought the remnant of the crew off safely. 1994 2 Aug. ii. 12/5 I watched her one night in the 1980s in a television spectacular featuring the remnant of the old Glenn Miller Band. society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > succession > [noun] > descent by inheritance > that which is inherited > residue of an estate α. c1400 (?c1380) 1160 (MED) To start in þe strem schulde non me stere To swymme þe remnaunt. c1475 tr. C. de Pisan (Cambr.) (1977) 165 (MED) We will nowe sewe aftir this..to shewe..suche thyngis as longyn to the remnante [Fr. demourant] of the bodie of policie. 1535 Lev. xiv. 17 As for the remnaunt of the oyle in his hande [etc.]. 1544 tr. T. Littleton (new ed.) f. xv The chylds mother entreth in the remnant [1528–30 remenaunte], and it occupyeth as gardyne or wardyne in Socage. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) v. iv. 46 Where I may thinke the remnant of my thoughts In peace. View more context for this quotation 1633 G. Herbert Life in i Here will I smell my remnant out, and tie My life within this band. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i, in 2 The Remnant of my Tale is of a length To tire your Patience. 1785 W. Cowper v. 36 Smooth as a wall the upright remnant stands. 1838 C. Thirlwall V. 251 His account of the small remnant of his patrimony which his guardians rendered to him. 1865 G. Grote I. i. 22 By Ens was understood the remnant in his mind, after leaving out all that abstraction..could leave out. 1893 A. Bierce (1903) 144 My companion observed the remnant of an old plaid shawl, and..found that it was wrapped about the shoulders of the body of a woman. 1926 M. I. Rostovtzeff xi. 424 The upper classes..did their best to save the remnant of their fortunes. 1960 R. P. Jhabvala ii. 103 Indu..was just pushing the remnant of a crumbly ladoo into her mouth. 1996 A. Ghosh (1997) i. 3 Antar would never have guessed that the scrap of paper on his screen was the remnant of an ID card. 2. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest > of persons > a small remaining number of persons a1382 (Bodl. 959) (1969) Jer. xv. 9 Hir remnauntis [v.r. remnauntus; L. residuos] in to swerd I shal ȝyuen. 1535 2 Sam. xxi. 1 As for the Gibeonites, they were not of ye children of Israel, but a remnaunt of the Amorites. 1630 W. Prynne 128 They are but a Remnant, a seede, a little flocke. 1713 J. Addison i. i A feeble army, and an empty senate, Remnants of mighty battels fought in vain. 1785 W. Cowper i. 340 Once more rejoice That yet a remnant of your race survives. 1815 W. Scott iv. xx. 155 When, after battle lost, Muster the remnants of a host. 1876 L. Stephen 2nd Ser. ii. 64 A few remnants of the aborigines were settled on a township granted by the colony. 1932 C. Roth i. 16 It had been only a weak remnant which had accepted baptism as the alternative to death. 1940 ‘R. Willey’ in Dec. 86/1 Even if there were a superweapon that would help the remnants of one army to defeat the remnants of all others, the country that got the plans could not manufacture that weapon. 1993 M. Hocking (1994) ii. 63 Some great catastrophe had struck England, if not Planet Earth, and of humankind only a remnant survived here in this cottage. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remaining fragment 1597 Bp. J. King 677 There is but a stumpe left, a remnant of that substance now to be hid and buried in the earth. 1624 R. Burton (ed. 2) i. iv. i. 184 The open parts were cleane, yet there was..in the chinckes a remnant of gold. 1664 H. Power ii. 117 The Spontaneous Dilatation..of that little remnant of Ayr skulking in the rugosities thereof. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil 110 Where basking in the Sun-shine they may lye, And the short Remnants of his Heat enjoy. View more context for this quotation 1715 M. Davies 14 All which numerous Volumes contain..nothing but little Treatises and small Remnants. 1774 T. Pennant 254 A small remnant of the cloister is left. 1825 J. Jennings 177 Wi' remlets o' tha Saxon tongue, That to our Gramfers did belong. 1856 A. P. Stanley (1858) vi. 260 Thinly studded with trees, the remnants, apparently, of a great forest. 1888 F. Hume i. Prol. 14 The remnants of their provisions on the voyage. 1909 J. Masefield in 334/1 I thought that..it must be some one mending harness with a file, or perhaps some old sheep or cow, with the remnants of a bell about her neck. 1983 J. Singer tr. I. B. Singer ii. xv. 140 They bear on their narrow shoulders the remnants of our heritage. 2001 J. Coe (2002) 12 His physics text book had started to come apart, so he had re-covered it with a remnant of the anaglypta his father had used to wallpaper the living room two years ago. the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [noun] > survivor 1597 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 7 Thou bloudlesse remnant of that royall bloud. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Ep. Ded. sig. A3 The onely remnant of that family. 1735 II. 373 The Mother..was the last Remnant of a decay'd Family, who charged its Ruin on the Civil Wars. 1804 J. Grahame 30 One miserable man, the remnant of a wreck. 1861 F. H. Ludlow in 57 38 I discovered that she was the only remnant of a large family. 2003 R. B. Waddington 156 He was the only remnant of Aretino's inner circle. Marcelino, Brucioli,..and..Sansovino were all dead. 1598 H. Clapham sig. Aiv To his faithfull Brethren (a poore Remnant of the ever visible Catholike and Apostolicke Church). 1671 R. McWard 123 All that abused authority and power could do against a faithful non-conforming remnant. 1706 J. McMillan in M. Hutchison (1893) vi. 150 Having displeased the Godly Remnant and greatly offended them. 1790 S. Horsley 24 Let the genuine representatives of its Benefactors be sought out, the remnant of the true Presbyterian sect. 1818 W. Scott III. ix. 239 I have been bred in the faith of the suffering remnant of the presbyterian doctrine in Scotland. 1854 E. E. Stuart Let. 8 July in R. Stuart et al. (1961) II. 635 While I am left the head, of the remnant! which I trust God in his infinite love & mercy is sparing until by his power they too may become mete for the inheritance of the Saints in light. 1931 15 Oct. 316/2 If any one does become fearful and ceases to be a witness, he ceases to be one of the remnant and of God's anointed or Christ. 1996 65 772 The faithful remnant chose the less auspicious ‘Orthodox’ to signal their dedication to Presbyterian doctrinal purity. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > the rest > of persons > a small remaining number of persons > of Jews surviving persecution a1382 (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xlii. 15 Now hereth the wrd of the Lord, ȝee remnaunt of Juda. 1611 Isa. x. 22 For though thy people..be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall returne. View more context for this quotation] 1841 J. Samuel 7 For the existence of the remnant [of the Ten Tribes], it is natural to turn to those regions which were the acknowledged seat of their exile and captivity. 1859 ‘L.N.R.’ xiii. 171 The Exiled Remnant..refuse to snuff a candle or poke the fire, but impatiently call, ‘Shuboth-guy—Shuboth-guy,’ as the stoker passes. 1892 I. Zangwill II. xv. 16 The rest of the ‘remnant’ that was met to save Israel looked more commonplace. 1914 J. Hastings VII. 607/2 The function of Judaism is to fulfil the Isaianic ideal of a missionary ‘Remnant’. 1972 C. Raphael i. 32 In the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust, Jewish history..seemed to offer a message of bleakness... In the Holy Land, the remnant faced enmity and restriction. 2000 T. S. McCall in M. Couch x. 191 All of Israel is not blind, because the remnant is being saved in each generation. the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > [noun] > left after erosion 1853 E. Hitchcock 7 It is generally nearly level, save some gentle swells and a few outliers of rock, the remnants of former more extensive masses. 1869 F. V. Hayden 60 This series of gneissic strata..is plainly a remnant left after erosion. 1896 10 This eastern belt of remnants, which are really outliers of the continuous portion of the Pensauken,..runs through Camden..and Salem counties. 1952 W. J. Miller (ed. 6) xxiii. 399 The numerous buttes and mesas..rising within the canyon are erosional remnants which have not been reduced by erosion as fast as the rest of the rocks. 1994 B. Sterling 193 Mesas were remnants, mesas were all that was left, after ages of stubborn resistance to rainsplash and sheetwash and channel cutting. 3. the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a separate part > a piece or bit > small piece c1450 (?a1400) (Ashm.) 22 (MED) I sall rehers..A remnant of his rialte. c1450 (a1425) (Selden) 15922 (MED) Take þe hert and þe maw, of aþer A remnand ryȝt, And in þe fyre þem thraw. 1599 W. Shakespeare v. i. 47 About his shelues..Remnants of packthred, and old cakes of Roses Were thinly scattered. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton iii. ii. iii. 614 If he get any remnant of hers, a buske-point, a feather of her fanne. a1701 H. Maundrell (1703) 42 We saw many Granite Pillars and remnants of Mosaic floors. 1766 W. Blackstone II. 259 Not of any particular estate carved out of it; much less of so minute a remnant as this. 1815 T. Leach (ed. 4) II. 973 It would lead to the absurdity of ascribing value to things of so trifling a nature as a remnant of paper. 1876 ‘G. Eliot’ III. v. xxxv. 5 That remnant of a human being. 1952 W. J. Miller (ed. 6) xxiv. 468 A very large glacial lake in the interior of North America, and now represented only by remnants (e.g., Lake Winnipeg), has been called Lake Agassiz. 2001 Apr. 118/1 Pluto is..a remnant so runty that some scientists believe it should be stripped of its planethood and demoted to the rank of ‘object’ or ‘trans-Neptunian body’. the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > [noun] > piece of > other pieces 1571 in J. Raine (1835) I. 362 j. pece of worssett..iiij yeardes in Remlauntes. 1583 P. Stubbes sig. F5v They buy remnants of silks, veluets, satins. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iv. iii. 111 Away thou Ragge, thou quantitie, thou remnant . View more context for this quotation 1634 J. Ford ii. sig. Ev I was ever confident, when I traded but in remnants [etc.]. 1686 in M. Cash (1966) 157 White serges..and a remlett of fine black serge. 1758 S. Johnson 14 Oct. 217 A couple that kept a petty shop of Remnants and Cheap Linen. 1835 T. Hood United Family in 160 No remnant can sufficient be For our united family. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward 421 Remnants of any piece of material, as well as those of ribbon, are always sold at some reduction of the original price. 1913 F. H. Burnett vi. 67 A remnant of crimson stuff secured from a miscellaneous heap at a marked-down sale at a department store. 1947 S. J. Perelman xx. 119 They papered the bedroom with a busy pattern..and re-covered all the upholstery in bed ticking, using a remnant as a skirt for the telephone. 1998 Oct. 322/1 A handy seamstress, Betty quickly ran up a little short-sleeved shirt from a remnant of cream-colored flannelette. society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > [noun] > practice of citing or quoting > that which is quoted 1601 B. Jonson iii. iv. sig. Hv Ile haue him free of the brokers, for he vtters no thing but stolne remnants . View more context for this quotation 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iii. v, in I. 559 Could your grauitie forget so olde and noted a remnant, as, lippis & tonsoribus notum . View more context for this quotation 4. society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane f. cclxxj The remnaunt of that doctrine remayned in the mindes of many. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin iii. f. 173 Thys is not the question among them, whether fayth be yet wrapped with many remnants of ignorance. 1613 S. Purchas i. vii. 40 The Arke,..the remnant of the elder, and Seminarie of the new world. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet xxii. 244 It was a Remnant both of Judaism and Gentilism, that the Souls of the Martyrs hovered about their Tombs. a1701 H. Maundrell Acct. Journey from Aleppo in (1721) 1 This Place has no remnants of its Ancient Greatness. 1759 O. Goldsmith xiii. 189 This slowness of conferring degrees is a remnant of scholastic barbarity. 1813 P. B. Shelley vii. 96 No remnant of the exterminated faith Survived. 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies (1871) iii. 127 Every remnant of the original uniformity of proportion has disappeared. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. II. 884 There is still in such [formerly malarious] districts some remnant of maleficence. 1947 M. E. Boylan (new ed.) ix. 111 The remnants of Christian ideals that are still found in common opinion..divorced from their dogmatic foundation of real fact and true faith. 1976 G. G. Scholem 295 A remnant of theocratic hope also accompanies that reentry into world history of the Jewish people. 1996 11 May 44/3 Freud labelled the remnant of parent figures persisting in us into adult life the superego. the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > [noun] > truth known by observation, fact > traces of 1826 W. Scott I. i. 23 A jerkin, which..had once been of the Lincoln green, and showed remnants of having been laced. 2004 M. Kupihea iv. 93 Only a few of them displayed remnants of having had a concealing rock wall. the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow 1580 T. Lupton 49 Then she reached him suche a remnant, that he had a cause to remember hir. B. adj.the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [adjective] 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller xii. sig. Fv The tyme that is remnaunt in the fleshe. 1594 i. f. 2 Diana deckt the remnant partes With fewture braue. 1638 Davenant On Death Marquesse of Winchester in 92 Our remnant-love, let us discreetly save. 1718 M. Prior 868 Act through thy remnant life the decent part. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in I. xix. 299 Attended laden with the remnant gifts. 1807 J. Barlow iv. 162 Break those remnant rocks that still impede My current. a1854 H. Reed (1857) vi. 204 His mind held communion with all the remnant glory of classical poetry. 1964 7 516 The ganister itself is commonly broken and in many places occurs in the form of large remnant blocks. 1988 S. T. Driscoll & M. R. Nieke 19 At many sites, structural remains and remnant building platforms imply a complex settlement history. 2002 148 286 The cutblocks at our study site were small..and insect populations in..the remnant tree patches may thus have maintained insect densities within the cutblock. Compounds1838 J. H. Muir 119 ‘The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous.’ They have ever been so, during the pilgrimage of the ‘remnant’ church. 1864 E. G. White (1871) I. 467 All who have a desire to draw away from God's remnant people..should have the privilege. 1885 E. G. White xxxii. 228 The remnant church will be brought into great trial and distress. 1905 ‘O. Henry’ (1907) 115 Did you ever notice me leaning on the remnant counter or peering in the window of the five-and-ten? a1936 R. Kipling (1937) iii. 75 There was a demand for my old books, signed and unsigned stuff... The Pioneer had made as much out of its share in this remnant-traffic as it had paid me in wages. 1955 3 Nov. 17/4 (advt.) Broadloom carpet remnant sale... Every size expertly factory finished with quality binding. 1972 N. Znamierowski 17/1 Remnant counters..are..excellent sources. 2007 J. W. Lockhart 8 This book will also explain..the Day of Repentance of the remnant Jews and their future blessing as a people. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.a1375 |
