Definition of Vignette

1. Noun. A brief literary description.

Exact synonyms: Sketch
Generic synonyms: Description
Derivative terms: Sketch

2. Noun. A photograph whose edges shade off gradually.
Generic synonyms: Exposure, Photo, Photograph, Pic, Picture

3. Noun. A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books).
Generic synonyms: Sketch, Study

Definition of Vignette

1. n. A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

2. v. t. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.

3. n. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind.

4. n. A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.

5. v. t. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.

6. n. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind.

Definition of Vignette

1. Noun. (architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. ¹

2. Noun. (printing) 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. ¹

3. Noun. (context: by extension) Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge. ¹

4. Noun. (context: by extension) A short story that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture. ¹

5. Noun. The small picture on a postage stamp. ¹

6. Verb. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge gradually fading away. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Vignette

1. to describe briefly [v -GNETTED, -GNETTING, -GNETTES]

Medical Definition of Vignette

1. 1. A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. 2. 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; hence, 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. Origin: F. Vignette, fr. Vigne a vine. See Vine, and cf. Vinette. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Vignette

vigilate
vigilies
vigils
vigily
viginti-
vigintile
vigintiles
vigintillion
vigintillions
vigintillionth
vigintillionths
vigintivirate
vigintivirates
vigneron
vignerons
vignette (current term)
vignetted
vignetter
vignetters
vignettes
vignetting
vignettist
vignettists
vigonia
vigonias
vigor
vigorish
vigorishes
vigorite
vigoro

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