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. 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

vigil light
vigintillion
vigintillions
Vigna
Vigna aconitifolia
Vigna angularis
Vigna caracalla
Vigna radiata
Vigna sesquipedalis
Vigna sinensis
Vigna unguiculata
Vigna unguiculata sesquipedalis
vigneron
vignerons
vignette (current term)
vignette (current term)
vignetted
vignetter
vignetters
vignettes
vignetting
vignetting
vignettist
vignettists
vigor
vigor
vigorish
vigorishes
vigoro
vigoros

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