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lineaments

lineaments is the plural of lineament.

Meaning of lineament

Noun

lineament (plural lineaments)

  1. Any distinctive shape or line, etc.
    • In consequence, many places never saw an engine or train of unaccustomed hue or lineaments, except on such special occasions as the movement of troops or lines being blocked.1955 July, R. S. McNaught, “"Foreign" Engine Workings”, in Railway Magazine, page 497
  2. A distinctive feature that characterizes something, especially the parts of a person’s face.
    • Fortune reigns in gifts of the world, not in the lineaments of Nature.c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

Questions about lineaments

What is lineaments the plural of?
Lineaments is the plural of lineament.

Words near lineaments in the dictionary

  1. lineally
  2. lineament
  3. lineamental
  4. lineamentation
  5. lineamentations
  6. lineaments
  7. linean
  8. linear
  9. Linear A
  10. linear algebra
  11. linear algebraic

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