residuum

Definitions


[rɪˈzɪdjʊəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a chemical residue

- a class of society that is unemployed and without privileges or opportunities
(e.g: the urban residuum)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from Latin, neuter of residuus ‘remaining’, from the verb residere




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