Definitions for lineament

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lineament lin·e·a·ment

Spelling: [lin-ee-uh-muh nt]

IPA: /ˈlɪn i ə mənt/

Lineament is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 373 anagrams from letters in lineament (aeeilmnnt).

Definitions for lineament

noun

1. Often, lineaments. a feature or detail of a face, body, or figure, considered with respect to its outline or contour:
2. Usually, lineaments. distinguishing features; distinctive characteristics:
3. Geology. a linear topographic feature of regional extent that is believed to reflect underlying crustal structure.

Origin of lineament

1400-50; late Middle English Latin līneāmentum a stroke, plural, features, equivalent to līneā(re) to draw a line (derivative of līnea; see line¹) + -mentu

Examples for lineament

I should not have recognized him had we met in the street, so altered was every lineament.

The knight and the forester could describe every lineament of the would-be assassin.

What an all-over consciousness of "go-to-meetin'" fixins, in every lineament and limb!

I had ample time to scan his features and canvass their every lineament.

The light of the fire was upon it, and its every lineament was revealed distinctly.

"I am stopping it," Dunark stated quietly, grim purpose in every lineament.

The moon was at his back; but showed every lineament of her countenance.

Observe the bold courage that stands forth in his every lineament!

Compared with the original, at last—in every lineament how like it was!

Study feature by feature, lineament by lineament, of that Peerless Exemplar.