Толковый словарь английского языка - silhouette
Silhouette
silhouette
I. noun Etymology: French, from Étienne de Silhouette died 1767 French controller general of finances; perhaps from his ephemeral tenure Date: 1783 a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in, the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass , see: outline II. transitive verb (-etted; -etting) Date: 1876 to represent by a ~, silhouettist noun
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n. & v. --n. 1 a representation of a person or thing showing the outline only, usu. done in solid black on white or cut from paper. 2 the dark shadow or outline of a person or thing against a lighter background. --v.tr. represent or (usu. in passive) show in silhouette. Phrases and idioms in silhouette seen or placed in outline. Etymology: {Eacute}tienne de Silhouette, Fr. author and politician d. 1767 ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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