| Library / English Dictionary |
LINEAMENT
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin
Example:
his lineaments were very regular
Synonyms:
feature; lineament
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lineament" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lineament"):
chin; mentum (the protruding part of the lower jaw)
brow; forehead (the part of the face above the eyes)
temple (the flat area on either side of the forehead)
cheek (either side of the face below the eyes)
jowl (a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging))
jaw (the bones of the skull that frame the mouth and serve to open it; the bones that hold the teeth)
Holonyms ("lineament" is a part of...):
face; human face (the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something
Example:
the radical character of our demands
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("lineament" is a kind of...):
attribute; dimension; property (a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lineament"):
texture (the essential quality of something)
Context examples:
She had been all animation with the game, and irritated pride did not lower the expression of her haughty lineaments.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I was struck with a profound veneration at the sight of Brutus, and could easily discover the most consummate virtue, the greatest intrepidity and firmness of mind, the truest love of his country, and general benevolence for mankind, in every lineament of his countenance.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
I wish I could forget the roll of the red eyes and the fearful blackened inflation of the lineaments!
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I had set out from Whitcross on a Tuesday afternoon, and early on the succeeding Thursday morning the coach stopped to water the horses at a wayside inn, situated in the midst of scenery whose green hedges and large fields and low pastoral hills (how mild of feature and verdant of hue compared with the stern North- Midland moors of Morton!) met my eye like the lineaments of a once familiar face.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
As I looked at his lofty forehead, still and pale as a white stone—at his fine lineaments fixed in study—I comprehended all at once that he would hardly make a good husband: that it would be a trying thing to be his wife.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The dim forehead was crowned with a star; the lineaments below were seen as through the suffusion of vapour; the eyes shone dark and wild; the hair streamed shadowy, like a beamless cloud torn by storm or by electric travail.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
And while I sat there and looked out on the still trees and dim lawn, to a sweet air was sung in mellow tones the following strain:—He rose and came towards me, and I saw his face all kindled, and his full falcon-eye flashing, and tenderness and passion in every lineament.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
No charm was wanting, no defect was perceptible; the young girl had regular and delicate lineaments; eyes shaped and coloured as we see them in lovely pictures, large, and dark, and full; the long and shadowy eyelash which encircles a fine eye with so soft a fascination; the pencilled brow which gives such clearness; the white smooth forehead, which adds such repose to the livelier beauties of tint and ray; the cheek oval, fresh, and smooth; the lips, fresh too, ruddy, healthy, sweetly formed; the even and gleaming teeth without flaw; the small dimpled chin; the ornament of rich, plenteous tresses—all advantages, in short, which, combined, realise the ideal of beauty, were fully hers.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Recall the august yet harmonious lineaments, the Grecian neck and bust; let the round and dazzling arm be visible, and the delicate hand; omit neither diamond ring nor gold bracelet; portray faithfully the attire, aerial lace and glistening satin, graceful scarf and golden rose; call it 'Blanche, an accomplished lady of rank.'
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
I remember it now, and I know that it was the effluence of fine intellect, of true courage; it lit up her marked lineaments, her thin face, her sunken grey eye, like a reflection from the aspect of an angel.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
