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signalment

signalment noun: the act of signalling, or of signalizing.

Noun

signalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)

  1. The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
  2. A description based on specific traits.
    • Could they find a girl and child,
      No other signalment but girl and child?
      No data shown but noticeable eyes
      And hair in masses, low upon the brow,
      As if it were an iron crown and pressed?1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sixth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC

Forms of signalment

pluralsignalments

Origin of signalment

From signal + -ment.

Questions about signalment

What does signalment mean?
Signalment means the act of signalling, or of signalizing.
What part of speech is signalment?
Signalment is a noun.
What is the plural of signalment?
The plural of signalment is signalments.

Words near signalment in the dictionary

  1. signally
  2. signalman
  3. signalmaster
  4. signalmasters
  5. signalmen
  6. signalment
  7. signalments
  8. signalolipidomics
  9. signalome
  10. signalomes
  11. signalomic

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