vestige
/ˈvɛs.tɪd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present.
noun
A vestigial organ; a non-functional organ or body part that was once functional in an evolutionary ancestor.
noun
The remaining portion of a partially suppressed sideband.
Example Sentences
- "the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra"
- "vestiges of former population"
- "The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,— no prospect of an end."
- "Her face was without a vestige of colour, but it only showed more strongly the perfect outline of her features. Pale she was, but not like a statue; it was a human paleness—passionate and painful."
- "Nevertheless in some cases, my original view, that the points are vestiges of the tips of formerly erect and pointed ears, still seems to me probable."
- "Only ragged vestiges of glass remained in its windows, and great sheets of the green facing had fallen away from the corroded metallic framework."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: vestige, vestīgium