SILHOUETTED

Verb

silhouetted

simple past tense and past participle of silhouette

Source: Wiktionary


SILHOUETTE

Sil`hou*ette", n. Etym: [F.; -- so called from Etienne de Silhoutte, a French minister of finance in 1759, whise diversion it was to make such portraits on the walls of his apartments.]

Definition: A representation of the outlines of an object filled in with a black color; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.

Sil`hou*ette", v. t.

Definition: To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette. [Recent] A flock of roasting vultures silhouetted on the sky. The Century.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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