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traits

[treyt; Brit. also trey] Origin

trait

[treyt; Brit. also trey]
noun
1.
a distinguishing characteristic or quality, especially of one's personal nature: bad traits of character.
2.
a pen or pencil stroke.
3.
a stroke, touch, or strain, as of some quality: a trait of pathos; a trait of ready wit.

Origin:
1470–80; < Middle French: literally, something drawn < Latin tractus. See tract1


1. peculiarity, mark, attribute, property.

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Word Origin & History

trait
c.1477, "shot, missiles," later "a stroke, short line" (1589), from M.Fr. trait, from L. tractus "draft, drawing, drawing out," later "line drawn, feature," from pp. stem of trahere "to pull, draw" (see tract (1)). Sense of "particular feature, distinguishing quality" is first
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recorded 1752, from meaning "line, streak, feature" (1561), which is common to Eng., Fr. and L.
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Medical Dictionary

trait (trāt)
n.
A characteristic, especially one that distinguishes an individual from others.

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trait   (trāt)  Pronunciation Key 
A genetically determined characteristic or condition. Traits may be physical, such as hair color or leaf shape, or they may be behavioral, such as nesting in birds and burrowing in rodents. Traits typically result from the combined action of several genes, though some traits are expressed by a single gene.
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