sillograph

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the Silloi (Ancient Greek Σίλλοι (Sílloi)) of Timon of Phlius, circa 280 B.C., +‎ -graph.

Noun[edit]

sillograph (plural sillographs)

  1. A satirist.

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “silhouette + -graph?”)

Noun[edit]

sillograph (plural sillographs)

  1. A solid silhouette of (usually a three-quarter view of) an aircraft, to aid in recognizing it.
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