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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions relict noun  (archaic) the surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower 1973: 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 " with a decent competence, an assured future. " Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise (context, biology, geology) a species or other structure which has survived from a previous age (linguistics) a survival of an archaic word, language or other form adjective  surviving, remaining that is a relict, pertaining to a relict 1992: 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 here for the desert stretched away on every side. " Cormac McCarthy?, All the Pretty Horses Etymology: Latin relictus, past participle of relinquere "relinquish".      Full Definition of relict  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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