sketch English · revision 10394

+ {{infobox|confidence=uncertain|formation=borrowing|attested=1668|origins=nl schets|origins=it schizzo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈskɛt͡ʃ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|nl|schets]] or German Skizze,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) 17th-century artists' borrowings from Italian [[m|it|schizzo|t=sketch, drawing; a splash, squirt]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from schizzare, to splash, squirt, of uncertain, probably imitative origin.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) It is commonly traced to a Latin *schedius, from Greek [[m|grc|σχέδιος|tr=skhédios|t=done off-hand, extempore]].^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) French esquisse and Spanish esquicio are also from the Italian.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A rough drawing as the basis for a finished picture: 1668, as scetch.^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A brief account or description giving the main points is from 1668 in the OED and 1715 in Barnhart.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988) A short, slightly constructed play or performance, usually comic, is from 1789,^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) and in music a short piece of a single movement from about 1840.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The verb, to give the main facts briefly, is from the 1690s, in Dryden,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) and to draw in outline from 1725.^(Etymonline) ''Sketch-book'' is from 1820,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and ''sketchy'', giving only an outline, from 1805.^(Barnhart 1988) In old slang a hot sketch was an amusing, ridiculous person (1909).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1668 – a rough drawing.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1694 – to sketch (verb).^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1789 – a short comic play.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1805 – sketchy.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1820 – sketch-book.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1840 – a short piano piece.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A quick or rough [[drawing]] or painting, often a study for a later work.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A brief, general account; an outline.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A short, often comic scene in a revue; a [[skit]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A short literary composition or piece of music.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To make a sketch of something.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # To describe briefly; to outline.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[sketcher]]

+ * [[sketchingly]]

+ * [[sketchlike]]

+ * [[resketch]]

+ * [[sketchable]]

+ * [[unsketched]]

+ * [[sketchbook]]

+ * [[sketchy]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[schedule]]

+ * [[skit]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ In Scots, sketch is also a variant of skate.^(SOED 2002)^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}