Variant of silhouette      1. an outline, esp. a profile
portrait, made either by cutting from black paper and fixing on
a light background, or by drawing and then filling in with a
solid color     2. any dark shape or figure seen against a light
background   1. the outline of a figure, garment, etc.; contour
Origin: Fr, after Étienne de Silhouette (1709-67), French
minister of finance, inch(es) derogatory reference to his fiscal
policies and to such amateur portraits by him, both regarded as
inept  transitive verb silhouetted, silhouetting to show or
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