TRAIT

trait. Trait, n. a stroke, touch, line, outline, sketch

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Trait (?), n. [[F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See Trace, v., and cf. Tract a region, Trace a strap, Tret.]] 1. 1. A stroke; a touch.
By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome. 2. 2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character.
☞ Formerly pronounced trā, as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England.