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Jan 22, 2010
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with Anu Garglineament
PRONUNCIATION:
(LIN-ee-uh-muhnt)
MEANING:
noun:1. A distinctive feature, especially of a face. 2. A linear topographic feature, as of the earth. ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin lineamentum (contour, outline), from lineare (to draw a line),
from linea (line). Ultimately from the Indo-European root lino- (flax)
that is also the source of line, align, lineage, linen, lingerie, lint,
and linseed.
USAGE:
"A gleam of exultation shot across the darkly painted lineaments of the
inhabitant of the forest."James Fenimore Cooper; The Last of the Mohicans; 1826. "The possibility that the lineament is a fault, and the possibility that it extends under Mt. Natib need urgently to be explored." Kelvin S. Rodolfo; The Geological Hazards of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant; The Philippine Star (Manila); Mar 5, 2009. See more usage examples of lineament in Vocabulary.com's dictionary. A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Sometimes, exhausted / with toil and endeavour, / I wish I could sleep / for ever and ever; / but then this reflection / my longing allays: / I shall be doing it / one of these days. -Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)
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