A special distinction; a distinctive quality, characteristic, or attribute. Obsolete.

Something that distinguishes or discriminates; a distinguishing quality, mark, or characteristic; a distinguishing name or title.

An attribute, characteristic, or quality. In earlier use sometimes: a distinctive, essential, or special quality; a peculiarity. Of a thing.

A distinctive mark, quality, or habit; a trait, a characteristic, good or bad. Obsolete exc. dialect/tɛtʃ/.

A distinguishing mark or quality; an attribute, feature, trait, or characteristic. Now usually with modifying word, as good, bad, etc.

A special or distinctive quality, property, characteristic, or feature; a peculiarity. Now rare.

Philosophy and Logic. A characteristic or feature distinguishing a species or thing from all others of the same genus or class, as used for the…

A characteristic, property, attribute, quality (of men or things). Obsolete.

A characteristic property; a criterion; a distinctive or distinguishing feature or characteristic (of something). Frequently in (all) the marks of.

A distinguishing quality or characteristic; a characteristic manner of acting or behaving; an attribute, a trait, esp. a minor one.

With the: the special or distinctive quality, property, characteristic, or feature (of a particular thing or class). Now rare.

A characteristic by which a given species is distinguished from all other species of the same genus; = difference, n.1 5d (see note there). In…

†(a) A distinctive indication, a visible token, evidence (obsolete); (b) a feature, trait, characteristic (now rare except as in sense 7b).

Formal or essential nature; the characteristic or distinctive property by which a thing is defined. Also, the condition of possessing formal…

An attribute belonging particularly to a specified person or thing; a special or distinctive quality or feature; a peculiarity.

A trait or quality exclusive to or characteristic of an individual or a thing; a distinguishing feature; a peculiarity. Now archaic and rare.

Distinction; a distinguishing mark, character, or tone; distinctive force, sharpness, prominence, or intensity; (esp. with on) emphasis, stress.

Special attribution or application; specialization; concrete a special attribute. Obsolete.

A characteristic quality or feature, a peculiarity; distinctive qualities collectively, character. Now rare.

The quality of being peculiar to or characteristic of an individual person or thing. Also: that which is peculiar to an individual person or…

A specific character or attribute. Obsolete. rare.

An attribute specially or intrinsically belonging to something; an essential characteristic, property, or quality. Obsolete.

A special or distinctive quality, property, characteristic, or feature; a peculiarity. Now rare.

A specific character, quality, or nature. Obsolete.

What is proper or peculiar to one; a characteristic.

A distinctive mark, trait, or feature that may serve for identification; a distinguishing or essential peculiarity or quality. With of.

Something that enables a distinction to be made; a distinguishing mark, characteristic, or attribute; a difference. Now rare.

A distinctive symptom or characteristic, a specific trait. in Medicine.

= characteristic, n. 1a.

figurative. A constituent feature; a characteristic; a trait of character. Obsolete.

The characteristic disposition or aptitude of a person or animal. (Apparently blending 4 6.) Obsolete.

figurative. The mental, moral, philosophical, or political aspect of something as an indication of its character; characteristic aspect. Now rare.

An odd characteristic, feature, or trait; a peculiar habit.

A distinguishing mark or quality; a characteristic.

= speciality, n. (in various senses).

Of a thing.

figurative (of 1 and 2). An undefinable characteristic quality instinctively apprehended.

figurative. An outstanding characteristic or attribute of a person or organization.

gen. A property or characteristic that provides the means of discriminating; a discriminating feature; (Statistics) = discriminant function n. at…

Something which enables a distinction to be made; a distinguishing feature or characteristic. Cf. discriminate, v. 1.