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vestige

ves·tige [ véstij ] (plural ves·tig·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. trace of something gone: a trace or sign of something that is no longer present

2. small amount: the slightest amount
There wasn't a vestige of truth in what she wrote.

3. biology rudimentary body part: an organ or part of the body that is now rudimentary and no longer functions, but was formerly fully developed

[Early 17th century. Via French< Latin vestigium "sole of the foot, footprint, trace"]
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