sketcher


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sketch/sketʃ/
noun
  • 1 a rough or unfinished drawing or painting.

    ■ a brief written or spoken account or description.

  • 2 a short humorous play, scene, or performance.
  • 3 informal, dated a comical or amusing person or thing.
verb make a sketch of.

■ (sketch something out/in) give a brief account or general outline of.

– derivatives
sketcher noun.
– origin C17: from Du. schets or Ger. Skizze, from Ital. schizzo, based on Gk skhedios ‘done extempore’.
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