remnant

• remnaunt (obsolete)

From Middle English, contraction of remenant, from Anglo-Norman remanant, present participle of remaindre, from Latin remaneō

remnant (plural remnants)

1. The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group.
2. The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.

   Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.

3. An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

• (small remaining portion): relic, residue, remainder, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
• (unsold end of piece goods): remains

• nova remnant
• supernova remnant

• remain
• remanent

remnant (not comparable)

1. (archaic) Remaining; still left.
   • Fuller

     Because of the remnant dregs of his disease.

   • Prior

     And quiet dedicate her remnant life / To the just duties of an humble wife.

• remnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• remnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• remnant at OneLook Dictionary Search

• manrent