Hypertext Webster Gateway: "trait"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Trait \Trait\, n. [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See
{Trace}, v., and cf. {Tract} a region, {Trace} a strap,
{Tret}.]
1. A stroke; a touch.

By this single trait Homer makes an essential
difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. --Broome.

2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a
trait of character.

Note: Formerly pronounced tr[=a], as in French, and still so
pronounced to some extent in England.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

trait
n : a distinguishing feature of one's personal nature

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