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lin·e·a·ment

(lĭn′ē-ə-mənt)

1. A distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face.

2. often lineaments A definitive or characteristic feature: "the gross and subtle folds of corruption on the average senatorial face are hardly the lineaments of virtue" (Norman Mailer).

[Middle English liniament, from Latin līneāmentum, from līnea, line; see line¹.]

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lineament

(ˈlɪnɪəmənt)

n (often plural)

1. (Physiology) a facial outline or feature

2. a distinctive characteristic or feature

3. (Physical Geography) geology any long natural feature on the surface of the earth, such as a fault, esp as revealed by aerial photography

[C15: from Latin: line, from līneāre to draw a line]

lineamental adj

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lin•e•a•ment

(ˈlɪn i ə mənt)

n.

1. Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour.

2. Usu., lineaments. distinguishing features.

3. a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure.

[1400–50; < Latin līneāmentum a stroke =līneā(re) to draw a line + -mentum -ment]

lin`e•a•men′tal (-ˈmɛn tl) adj.

lineament

a feature or detail in relation to outline or contour, as a feature of a face. — lineamental, adj.

See also: Facial Features

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Noun	1.	lineament - 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" character, quality attribute, dimension, property - a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished; "self-confidence is not an endearing property" texture - the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life"
	2.	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" feature body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity chin, mentum - the protruding part of the lower jaw face, human face - the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" brow, forehead - the part of the face above the eyes temple - the flat area on either side of the forehead; "the veins in his temple throbbed" cheek - either side of the face below the eyes jowl - a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) jaw - the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth

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arcvonásvonás

lineamento

trek

lineament

[ˈlɪnɪəmənt] N → lineamento m

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lineament

n (form) → Lineament nt (rare); lineaments pl (of face) → Gesichtszüge pl

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I was struck with a profound veneration at the sight of Brutus, and could easily discover the most consummate virtue, the greatest intrepidity and firmness of mind, the truest love of his country, and general benevolence for mankind, in every lineament of his countenance.

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Nor would I now attempt to trace The more than beauty of a face Whose lineaments, upon my mind, Are -- shadows on th' unstable wind: Thus I remember having dwelt Some page of early lore upon, With loitering eye, till I have felt The letters - with their meaning - melt To fantasies - with none.

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The novice in the military art flew from point to point, retarding his own preparations by the excess of his violent and somewhat distempered zeal; while the more practiced veteran made his arrangements with a deliberation that scorned every appearance of haste; though his sober lineaments and anxious eye sufficiently betrayed that he had no very strong professional relish for the, as yet, untried and dreaded warfare of the wilderness.

The colors of the war-paint had blended in dark confusion about his fierce countenance, and rendered his swarthy lineaments still more savage and repulsive than if art had attempted an effect which had been thus produced by chance.

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The flickering rays of the 'armor' nut just served to reveal their savage lineaments, without dispelling the darkness that hovered about them.

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They were men of stature and mien, whose stern countenances were often rendered doubly imposing by those evidences of their valour, which had been roughly traced on their lineaments by the hands of their enemies.

At length the gaze of the Pawnee began to waver; and then quick, flashing glances were turned from the countenance of the old man to the air, and from the air to his deeply marked lineaments again, as if the spirit, which governed their movements, was beginning to be troubled.

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John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old; four years older than I, for I was but ten: large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin; thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities.

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Whence, then, came that air of contraction--that narrow and hard aspect on his forehead, in all his lineaments?

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Pedigree, ancestral skeletons, monumental record, the d'Urberville lineaments, did not help Tess in her life's battle as yet, even to the extent of attracting to her a dancing-partner over the heads of the commonest peasantry.

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As Virginia Maxon saw the fine features of the giant where she had expected to find the grotesque and hideous lineaments of a monster, she gave a quick little cry of pleasure and relief.

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But during this discussion, fruitful in somewhat hazardous theories, the projectile was rapidly leaving the moon: the lineaments faded away from the travelers' eyes, mountains were confused in the distance; and of all the wonderful, strange, and fantastical form of the earth's satellite, there soon remained nothing but the imperishable remembrance.