Word:
Vestige
Status:
Noun
Meaning:
The last small part of something that existed before, or the smallest possible quantity of something.
The word can also be used to refer to a body part or organ that is small or imperfectly developed as compared to an individual of past generations.
Sentences:
1) A few words carved on a tree were the only vestige of the lost colony of Roanoke.
2) The fossilized vestige of a dinosaur was recently discovered.
Origin:
Middle English, from Middle French, from Middle Latin vestigium which means 'footprint'.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
echo, ghost, shadow, trace, relic
Antonyms:
farraginous, information
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