noun

1. what is left over; remainder; residue
2. a small remaining part, quantity, or number of persons or things
3. a trace; last remaining indication of what has been a remnant of his former pride
4. a piece of cloth, ribbon, etc. left over or unsold, as at the end of a bolt

Etymology: ME, contr. < remenant < OFr, orig. prp. of remaindre: see remain

adjective