From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, v. t.
To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or
edge insensibly fading away.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Vignette \Vi*gnette"\ (?; 277), n. [F. vignette, fr. vigne a
vine. See {Vine}, and cf. {Vinette}.]
1. (Arch.) A running ornament consisting of leaves and
tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
3. A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one
of a small or dainty kind.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vignette
n 1: a brief literary description [syn: {sketch}, {vignette}]
2: a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
3: a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the
beginning of chapters in books)
From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]:
Vignette /vinjɛtə/
vignette
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