Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   residuum

   /rɪˈzɪdjʊəm/

   noun

   • 1. a chemical residue. technical
   • 2. a class of society that is unemployed and without privileges or opportunities: "the urban residuum"

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

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • R

     1

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • U

     1

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points