trait Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a distinguishing feature of your personal nature

WordNet

Trait noun
Etymology
F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See Trace, v., and cf. Tract a region, Trace a strap, Tret.
Definitions
  1. A stroke; a touch.
    By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome.
  2. A distinguishing or marked feature; a peculiarity; as, a trait of character. ✍ Formerly pronounced tra, as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England.

Webster 1913