trait
(noun) a distinguishing feature of your personal nature
Source: WordNet® 3.1
trait (plural traits)
(biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
Synonym: characteristic
(object-oriented) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
Coordinate terms: mixin, interface, class
• Attri, Ratti, ittar, tiatr
Source: Wiktionary
Trait, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See Trace, v., and cf. Tract a region, Trace a strap, Tret.]
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.
Note: Formerly pronounced tra, as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
