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lineament |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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