Pĕr'son-ăl'i-ty1, n.
n. [Fr. personnalité, Pr. personalidade, Sp. personalidad, It. personalità.] 1. That which constitutes, or pertains to, a person. Personality is individuality existing in itself, but with a nature as a ground. Coleridge. But personality, as we can conceive it, is essentially a limitation and a relation. Mansel. 2. Something said or written which refers, especially in a disparaging way, to the conduct of some individual. Sharp personalities were exchanged. Macaulay. 3. (Law.) That quality of a law which concerns the condition, state, and capacity of persons. Burrill.