trait

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A particular quality or feature of someone's personality or character.

   Patience is one of her best traits.

2. 2
   noun

   A feature that is passed down from parents, such as eye colour or height.

   Tall height is a trait that runs in his family.

Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō. Doublet of tract.

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