RESIDUA

RESIDUUM

remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest

(noun) something left after other parts have been taken away; ā€œthere was no remainderā€; ā€œhe threw away the restā€; ā€œhe took what he wanted and I got the balanceā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

residua

plural of residuum

Anagrams

• Rideaus, aurides, rideaus

Source: Wiktionary


RESIDUUM

Re*sid"u*um (-m), n. Etym: [L. See Residue.]

Definition: That which is left after any process of separation or purification; that which remains after certain specified deductions are made; residue. "I think so," is the whole residuum . . . after evaporating the prodigious pretensions of the zealot demagogue. L. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

29 March 2025

THOUGHTLESS

(adjective) without care or thought for others; ā€œthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ā€˜Let them eat cakeā€™ā€


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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