noun, feminine/si.lwɛt/plural: silhouettes
silhouette
Related: silhouetter
Etymology tree Proto-Basque *zuLo Basque zulo Basque Ziloetabor. ▲ Basque zulo Basque Zilhoetabor. French silhouette From the surname of Étienne de Silhouette (1709–1767), France’s Controller-General of Finances. It has been suggested that the word refers to one or more of the following: * De Silhouette’s penny-pinching policies which led to the French term à la Silhouette, applied to things perceived as austere or cheap, akin to an outline filled only with black. * The fact that de Silhouette o