TRAIT


Meaning of TRAIT in English

[ treɪt , treɪ ]

■ noun a distinguishing quality or characteristic.

↘a genetically determined characteristic.

Origin

C16 (an early sense was 'stroke of the pen or pencil in a picture'): from Fr., from L. tractus (see tract 1 ).

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