SKETCH

I. noun Etymology: Dutch schets, from Italian schizzo, literally, splash, from schizzare to splash, of imitative origin Date: 1668 1. a rough drawing representing the chief features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study, a tentative draft (as for a literary work), a brief description (as of a person) or outline, 3. a short literary composition somewhat resembling the short story and the essay but intentionally slight in treatment, discursive in style, and familiar in tone, a short instrumental composition usually for piano, a slight theatrical piece having a single scene, II. verb Date: 1694 transitive verb to make a ~, rough draft, or outline of, intransitive verb to draw or paint a ~, ~er noun