Vignette Definition
vĭn-yĕt
vignetted, vignettes, vignetting
noun
vignettes
An ornamental design (originally one of vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) or illustration used on a page of a book, magazine, etc., as at the beginning or end of a chapter or section.
Webster's New World
A picture, photograph, film image, etc. with no definite border, shading off gradually at the edges into the background.
Webster's New World
A short literary sketch or description.
Webster's New World
A short, carefully constructed scene in a film, play, etc.; specif., one regarded as subtle, sensitive, etc.
Webster's New World
A short scene or incident, as from a movie.
American Heritage
verb
vignetted, vignettes, vignetting
To make a vignette of.
Webster's New World
To provide (a photograph or image) with indistinct or fading edges.
American Heritage
To describe in a brief way.
American Heritage
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.
Wiktionary
Origin of Vignette
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First attested in 1751. From French vignette, diminutive of vigne (“vine"), from Latin vÄ«nea, from vÄ«num (“wine"). Replaced earlier vinet.
From Wiktionary
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French from Old French diminutive of vigne vine (from the use of vine tendrils in decorative borders) vine
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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