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vestige (iou)



vestige noun. LME.
[French from Latin vestigium sole of the foot, footprint, trace.]
a. A mark, trace, or visible sign of something no longer present or in existence; a piece of evidence, an indication; a surviving remnant. Usu. foll. by of. LME.
H. Adams Vestiges of Saint Louis's palace remain at the Conciergerie.
b. A small or slight amount; a particle, a scrap. Usu. foll. by of. LME.
T. Pringle Not a vestige of green pasturage was to be descried. A. Koestler If he still had a vestige of self-respect, he would clean his cell.
c. Biology. A surviving trace of some part which formerly existed in the ancestors of a species; a vestigial organ or structure. M19.
A mark or trace left on the ground by the foot; a footprint, a track. rare. M17.