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bokeh
[ boh-kuh, boh-key ]
noun
- the blurry quality in the out-of-focus parts of a photograph, regarded as an aesthetic effect rendered by a particular lens or its digital simulation:
This lens creates beautifully sharp images with delightful bokeh that glows and diffuses into the background.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bokeh1
First recorded in 1995–2000; from Japanese boke “fuzziness, blurring,” shortening of pinboke “state of being out of focus”
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