Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lineament"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lineament \Lin"e*a*ment\ (-[.a]*ment), n. [L. lineamentum, fr.
linea line: cf. F. lin['e]ament. See 3d {Line}.]
One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks,
of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form;
mark; -- usually in the plural. ``The lineaments of the
body.'' --Locke. ``Lineaments in the character.'' --Swift.
Man he seems In all his lineaments. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lineament
n 1: a characteristic property that defines the apparent
individual nature of something; "each town has a quality
all its own"; "the radical character of our demands"
[syn: {quality}, {character}]
2: the characteristics parts of a person's face: eyes and nose
and mouth and chin; "an expression of pleasure crossed his
features"; "his lineaments were very regular" [syn: {feature}]
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