English Dictionary
Definition of “vestige”
vestige (ˈvɛstɪdʒ
)
Definitions
noun
- a small trace, mark, or amount; hint ⇒
a vestige of truth
no vestige of the meal
- biology an organ or part of an organism that is a small nonfunctioning remnant of a functional organ in an ancestor
Word Origin
C17: via French from Latin vestīgium track
Usage examples
Every vestige of his false humor was gone, and she saw only death in his eyes.
Adams, N, I.O.U. - Someone Has to Pay (1993)Today, the only remaining vestige of the industrial age, in terms of work practices, is the sweatshop.
Business Today (2001)Some Quebecers feel the coat is a vestige of Quebec's past under British colonial rule.
Ottawa Sun (2003)When the Taliban soldiers arrived at Radio Kabul, they stripped it of every vestige of entertainment.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)There was still a vestige of evening light in the watercolour sky through which the fuses of the plunging bombs left threads of smoke.
Bernard Cornwell, SHARPE'S PREY (2002)
