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manteltree


The lintel of a fireplace when of wood, as frequently in early houses.

Source: Websters Dictionary


personality (iou)



personality noun. LME.
[Old French personalite (mod. -nn-) from late Latin personalitas, from Latin personalis: see PERSONAL, -ITY.]
The quality or fact of being a person as distinct from a thing or animal; the quality which makes a being a person. LME.
W. Paley These capacities constitute personality, for they imply consciousness and thought.
b. Christian Theology. The condition of the Godhead of existing as three persons. L15.
c. Actual existence as a person. M19.
a. The fact of being done in person. rare. Only in M17.
b. The fact of relating or referring to an individual person or persons, esp. in a disparaging or offensive way; a disparaging or offensive remark (usu. in pl.). M18.
A. Trollope Never referring with clear personality to those..nearest to her when..a child. Nineteenth Century The Court..will not stand..journalistic personalities about its members.
Law.
a. = PERSONALTY 1. M17-E18.
b. = PERSONALTY 2. rare. M18.
a. A personal quality or characteristic. rare. Only in M18.
b. The assemblage of qualities or characteristics which makes a person a distinctive individual; the (esp. notable or appealing) distinctive character of a person. L18.
MINNESOTA Multiphasic Personality Inventory. modal personality: see MODAL adjective 6b. multiple personality: see MULTIPLE adjective. split personality: see SPLIT adjective.
Day Lewis For the autobiographer, his personality is..the foundation..of what he tries to build. New York Times The chief thing about Sally..is that she has personality. L. Appignanesi The sheer force of his exuberant personality and charm. transf.: P. V. Price Unexpected weather conditions can cause infinite variations in the personality of a Wine.
A person, esp. one of unusual character. Now chiefly spec., an important or famous person; a celebrity. M19.
N. Mailer I was a personality on Television. A. Toffler Twiggy, the Beatles..thousands of 'personalities' parade across the stage of contemporary history.
b. The body. rare. M19.
Comb.: personality cult excessive devotion to a single (political) leader based on certain aspects of his or her personality; personality disorder Psychiatry a deeply ingrained and maladaptive pattern of behaviour of a specified kind, usu. apparent by the time of adolescence and causing long-term difficulties in personal Relationships or in functioning in society; personality inventory a questionnaire designed to assess traits of personality.