Today's Word "lineament"
A distinguishing feature
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lineament \LIN-ee-uh-muhnt\ (noun) - 1 : One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks of a body or figure, particularly of the face. 2 : A distinguishing or characteristic feature; -- usually in the plural.
"Over the years Hardin had taken on the lineaments of evil. You would sometimes see him on a Saturday streetcorner, the center of a group of men itemizing the faults of the world." -- William Gay, 'The Long Home'
Lineament comes from Latin lineamentum, "feature, lineament," from linea, "line."
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