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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Characteristical, Characteristickadjective

    That which constitutes the character, or marks the peculiar properties of any person or thing.

    Etymology: from characterize.

    There are several others that I take to have been likewise such, to which yet I have not ventured to prefix that characteristick distinction. John Woodward, on Fossils.

    The shining quality of an epick hero, his magnanimity, his constancy, his patience, his piety, or whatever characteristical virtue his poet gives him, raises our admiration. Dryden.

  2. Characteristicknoun

    That which constitutes the character; that which distinguishes any thing or person from others.

    I shall here endeavour to shew, how this vast invention exerts itself, in a manner superiour to that of any poet, as it is the great and peculiar characteristick which distinguishes him from all others. Alexander Pope, Essay on Homer.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of characteristick in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of characteristick in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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