signalment

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English

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Etymology

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signal +‎ -ment

Noun

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signalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)

  1. The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
  2. A description based on specific traits.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sixth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, [], published 1857, →OCLC:
      Could they find a girl and child,
      No other signalment but girl and child?
      No data shown but noticeable eyes
      And hair in masses, low upon the brow,
      As if it were an iron crown and pressed?

Anagrams

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French signalement.

Noun

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signalment n (plural signalmente)

  1. physical description (BOLO, APB)

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