character sketch

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noun Literature.

a short essay describing a person; literary profile. Compare character(def 17).

Origin of character sketch

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby character sketch

character generator, character level, character piece, character recognition, character set, character sketch, character study, character type, character witness, characterful, characteristic

Words related to character sketch

sketch, review, chart, analysis, survey, study, biography, diagram, vignette, vita

Example sentences from the Web for character sketch

  • Translated into French, that might serve as a character-sketch of Anatole France.

    The Book of This and That |Robert Lynd

  • Bliss's MS. book illustrates what I have said in the preface of the change in the character-sketch.

    Microcosmography |John Earle

  • It may be noticed too, by the way, that great novelists are not always equally successful in the character-sketch.

    Microcosmography |John Earle

  • One of these days I must write a character-sketch of Mrs. Nichol.

    Alone |Norman Douglas

British Dictionary definitions for character sketch

character sketch

noun

a brief description or portrayal of a person's character, qualities, etc