signalment

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noun

The act of signalling, or of signalizing.

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Meanings

nounsignalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)

plural signalments

  1. countableuncountableThe act of signalling, or of signalizing.
  2. countableuncountableA description based on specific traits.

    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?

    1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Sixth Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC

Origin

From signal + -ment.

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APA

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MLA

“signalment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/signalment. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “signalment,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/signalment.

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