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单词 residuous
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residuousadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈzɪdjʊəs/, /rᵻˈzɪdʒʊəs/, U.S. /rəˈzɪdʒ(ə)wəs/, /riˈzɪdʒ(ə)wəs/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin residuus , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin residuus remaining (see residuum n.) + -ous suffix. Compare earlier residual adj., residue adj.
Now rare.
Remaining; constituting a residue.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [adjective]
remanent1443
remainant1445
remainingc1475
remnant1550
remainder1567
leftc1595
residual1609
residuous1626
reliqued1628
restant1663
good1684
reversionary1816
relict1898
1626 Bp. H. King Serm. Deliuerance 76 In bedding or garments infected there is Contagio residua, a lurking, residuous contagion.
1677 R. Cary Palæologia Chronica i. ii. 77 That Difference or Residuous Number is to be sought out in the third Table.
a1711 T. Ken Hymnarium 12 in Wks. (1721) II. Devoutly numb'ring my residuous Days, Not by the Minutes, but by Songs of Praise.
1789 J. Keir First Pt. Dict. Chem. 117/2 The purity of the residuous or burnt air.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 154/2 All that is residuous of a wasted world.
1867 C. L. Robertson & J. Rutherford tr. W. Griesinger Mental Pathol. & Therapeutics ii. i. 176 In the majority of these cases there may be small residuous purulent patches.
1920 Latin-Amer. Year Bk. 114 A plant for reducing arsenic from the residuous sand after the gold and silver have been extracted.
1995 H. Auerbach in D. Current et al. Costs, Benefits, & Farmer Adoption of Agroforestry iii. 72/1 The soil is developed on rocks and colluvial and residuous materials.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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