signalment

English

Etymology

signal +‎ -ment

Noun

signalment (countable and uncountable, plural signalments)

1. The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
2. A description based on specific traits.
   • Elizabeth Barrett Browning

     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?

Anagrams

• alignments, lamentings