relic

noun · verb · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

relicsrelickrelique

1.
That which remains; that which is left after loss or decay; a remaining portion.
1797, Ann Radcliffe, The Italian, London: T. Cadell Jun. & W. Davies, Volume 2, Chapter 6, p. 184, It appeared, from […] the ruins scattered distantly along its skirts, to be a part of the city entirely abandoned by the modern inhabitants to the reliques of its former grandeur.
Đồng nghĩa: remnant, remainder, residue, lave, leavings, leftover, ort, relic, remainder, remains, remanent, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rump
2.
Something old and outdated, possibly kept for sentimental reasons.
3.
(religion) A part of the body of a saint, or an ancient religious object, kept for veneration.
Đồng nghĩa: halidom
4.
(cosmology) A particle or entity that has existed since the Big Bang.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

relics

V_ing/Gerund

relicing

V_ed/pp

relickingreliced

1.
(often, transitive, uncommon)(transitive, uncommon, often of guitars) To cause (an object) to appear old or worn, to distress.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

relick

Superlative

relique

1.
(not comparable)Pertaining to the Big Bang.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

remnant remainder residue laveleavingsleftoverort remains remanent residuum rest rumphalidom

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English relik et al., from Old French relique, from Latin reliquiae (remains, relics), from relinquō (to leave behind, abandon, relinquish), from re- + linquō (to leave, quit, forsake, depart from). relict derelict relinquish.