lineament : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: lineament	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for lineament
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lineament n 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" Synonym(s): quality, character, lineament the characteristic 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" Synonym(s): feature, lineament
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Lineament \Lin"eament\ (-[adot]*m[eit]nt), n. [L. lineamentum, fr. linea line: cf. F. lin[82]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. [bd]The lineaments of the body.[b8] --Locke. [bd]Lineaments in the character.[b8] --Swift. Man he seems In all his lineaments. --Milton.