Character
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“Character Heads” (1839) is a lithograph by Matthias Rudolph Toma (1792-1869) of Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's busts
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Character may refer to:
- Character (arts) or fictional character, an agent in a work of art, including literature, drama, cinema, opera, etc
- Character (symbol), a sign or symbol
- Character sketch
- Character structure, a person's traits
- Moral character, an evaluation of a particular individual's durable moral qualities
- The Characters, a book by the Greek philosopher Theophrastus
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Etymology
From Middle English caracter, from Old French caractere, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktēr, “type, nature, character”) from χαράσσω (kharassō, “I engrave”).
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