lin|e|a|ment

lin|e|a|ment
lin|e|a|ment «LIHN ee uh muhnt», noun.
1. a part or feature, especially a part or feature of a face, with attention to its outline: »

He was pensively tracing in my countenance the early lineaments of my mother (Washington Irving).

2. a part or feature; distinctive characteristic: »

The style of Denman is more lofty, and impressed with stronger lineaments of sincerity (John Galt).

3. an outline: »

lineaments of its subject (Scientific American).

[< Latin līneamentum < lineāre reduce to a line < līnea line1]

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