Trait Definition

trāt
traits
noun
A distinguishing feature, as of a person's character.
American Heritage Medicine
A distinguishing quality or characteristic, as of personality.
Webster's New World

Character.

Webster's New World
A stroke, trace, or touch.
Webster's New World
A short line or mark made with a writing or drawing implement.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Trait

Noun

Singular:
trait
Plural:
traits

Origin of Trait

  • French pull, stroke, line, feature from Old French from Latin tractus a drawing out, line tract1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French, from Latin tractus.

    From Wiktionary

Trait Sentence Examples

  • She recognized this trait and would accept rules she herself would never be able to make.

  • That and her beauty – but that's not a character trait, is it?

  • Every trait and every movement of the Tsar's seemed to him enchanting.

  • He'd always known Pumpkin was a flake, but he honestly liked the young man and flakiness wasn't the worst trait carried by the young and the restless.

  • This Deidre shared that trait.

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Words Starting With

TTRTRA

Words Ending With

TITAIT

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Words Starting With T and Ending With T

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