Definition of vignette

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vignette

noun

A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
A decorative design, originally representing vine branches or tendrils, at the head of a chapter, of a manuscript or printed book, or in a similar position.
By extension, any small picture in a book; hence, also, as such pictures are often without a definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
By further extension, a short story that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
The small picture in the centre/center of a postage stamp.

verb (vignett, ed)

To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away.

Etymology: vignetteFrench, vignette, diminutive of vigne, vine

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