signalment
English
Etymology
signal + -ment
Noun
signalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)
- The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
- A description based on specific traits.
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- 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?
- Could they find a girl and child,
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Anagrams
- alignments, lamentings