lineament
noun
- any of the features of the body, usually of the face, esp. with regard to its outline
- a distinctive feature or characteristic
- any extensive, linear surface feature on a planet, as a fault line, that indicates the nature of the underlying crust
See lineament in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(lĭnˈē-ə-mənt)
noun- A distinctive shape, contour, or line, especially of the face.
- A definitive or characteristic feature. Often used in the plural: “the gross and subtle folds of corruption on the average senatorial face are hardly the lineaments of virtue” (Norman Mailer).
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