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   trait

   /treɪ/

   noun

   • 1. a distinguishing quality or characteristic, typically one belonging to a person: "the traditionally British trait of self-denigration"
   • ▪ a genetically determined characteristic: "breeders were installing some trait that allowed the crop to thrive"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from French, from Latin tractus ‘drawing, draught’ (see tract1). An early sense was ‘stroke of the pen or pencil in a picture’, giving rise to the sense ‘a particular feature of mind or character’ (mid 18th century).

   Scrabble Points: 5

   • T

     1

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • I

     1

   • T

     1

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