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relict | reluct |

As a noun relict

is (formal) something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.

As an adjective relict

is surviving, remaining.

As a verb reluct is

to be averse to.

relict

English

(wikipedia relict)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.
  • # (archaic) The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.
  • #* 1801 , in the Reports of cases decided in the High court of Chancery of Maryland , volume 3, page 268:
  • Upon which the Chancellor, by way of note said, 'it is suggested, that there is a relict of the deceased, married to another man, who has joined her in a power of attorney to authorize the sale of her interest, '
  • #* 1973 , Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise :
  • But I am not the penniless nonentity I was when we first met; I can offer an honorable if not a brilliant marriage; and at the very lowest I can provide my wife – my widow, my relict – with a decent competence , an assured future.
  • # (biology, ecology) A species, organism or ecosystem which has survived from a previous age: one which was once widespread but which is now found only in a few areas.
  • #* 2010', M. Zimmerman et al., in '''''Relict Species: Phylogeography and Conservation Biology (edited by Jan Christian Habel, Thorsten Assmann), page 324:
  • The species may be a relict of former stages of historical vegetation and landscape development resulting from past climate changes (glacial and post- glacial periods).
  • # (geology) A structure or other feature which has survived from a previous age.
  • #* 2011 , Mark Keiter, Chris Ballhaus, Frank Tomaschek, A New Geological Map of the Island of Syros (Aegean Sea, Greece) , page 16:
  • Dark rims around the pillows are caused by glaucophane enrichment, possibly a relict of a primary interaction between basalt and seawater, causing Na- enrichment in the original glass crust of the pillows.
  • # (linguistics) A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
  • A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Surviving, remaining.
  • That is a ; pertaining to a relict.
  • * 1992 , , page 97:
  • In the lakes and in the streams were species of fish not known elsewhere on earth and birds and lizards and other forms of life as well all long relict here for the desert stretched away on every side.

    reluct

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To be averse to.
  • * {{quote-book, 1639 citation
  • , passage=He was by nature highly passionate, but more apt to reluct at the excesses of it.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 1839, title=New Year's Eve, author=Charles Lamb
  • , passage=I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 1879, title=Sermons preached in the church of the first religious society in Roxbury, author=George Putnam
  • , passage=[M]iracles, if you accept them, will not help it very much; or if you reluct at them, and ignore them, your faith remains unshaken and entire.}}

    Derived terms

    *reluctant, reluctance