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   Ves·tige

   /ˈvestij/

   

   noun

   • 1. a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists: "the last vestiges of colonialism" Similar remnantremainderfragmentrelicechoindicationsigntracemarkprintimprintimpressionlegacyremindermementosouvenirtokentrophyremainsleftoversleavingsevidenceresiduearchaic:memorandummemoryremembrancer
   • ▪ the smallest amount (used to emphasize the absence of something): "he waited patiently, but without a vestige of sympathy" Similar tracescraptouchtingehintsuggestionsuspicionsoupçoninklingwhisperscintillawhitsparkglimmerflickeratomspeckbitouncedropdashjotiotashredcrumbmorselfragmentgrainspotmitemodicuminformal:smidgensmidgetadstimarchaic:scantlingscruple
   • ▪ a part or organ of an organism that has become reduced or functionless in the course of evolution.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, from Latin vestigium ‘footprint’.

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