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lineature

lineature noun: anything having an outline.

Noun

lineature (plural lineatures)

  1. Anything having an outline.
    • There accompanied him a certeine shadowy and dark lineature.1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC

Forms of lineature

plurallineatures

Origin of lineature

Compare linear, delineate.

Questions about lineature

What does lineature mean?
Lineature means anything having an outline.
What part of speech is lineature?
Lineature is a noun.
What is the plural of lineature?
The plural of lineature is lineatures.

Words near lineature in the dictionary

  1. lineated
  2. lineately
  3. lineatim
  4. lineation
  5. lineations
  6. lineature
  7. lineatures
  8. Lineback
  9. linebacker
  10. linebackers
  11. linebacking

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