From the ArcaMax Publishing, Vocabulary Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/vocabulary/s-572985-271347
lineament \LIN-ee-uh-muhnt\ (noun) - 1 : One of the outlines, exterior
features, or distinctive marks of a body or figure, particularly of
the face. 2 : A distinguishing or characteristic feature; -- usually
in the plural.
"Over the years Hardin had taken on the lineaments of evil. You would
sometimes see him on a Saturday streetcorner, the center of a group of
men itemizing the faults of the world." -- William Gay, 'The Long
Home'
Lineament comes from Latin lineamentum, "feature, lineament," from
linea, "line."