vignette
a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
an engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border.
a decorative design representing branches, leaves, grapes, or the like, as in a manuscript.
any small, pleasing picture or view.
a small, graceful literary sketch.
Photography. to finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.
Origin of vignette
1Other words from vignette
- vi·gnet·tist, noun
Words Nearby vignette
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How to use vignette in a sentence
Probably the most charming movie of the year, The Truffle Hunters unfolds as a series of vignettes documenting the lives of several older men and their dogs.
For example, it declines to acknowledge that fake news is disproportionately shared by people who are older and more conservative, and the dramatized vignettes about polarization feature a vague movement called the “extreme center.”
Does Social Media Poison Everything? - Facts So Romantic | Scott Koenig | October 6, 2020 | NautilusThe film dramatizes the runaway consequences of this profit strategy—ranging from mental health issues to ideological radicalization—with periodic vignettes of a fictional family struggling to navigate their digital landscape.
Does Social Media Poison Everything? - Facts So Romantic | Scott Koenig | October 6, 2020 | NautilusEve Harrington’s origins story is a humble tale of hardscrabble survival, anchored by vignettes of farm life in Wisconsin, a grueling stint as a secretary in a brewery, and an ill-starred marriage to a now-perished war-hero.
In reality, most home offices are less picture-perfect, despite what design catalogs or enviable vignettes on Instagram suggest.
The healthcare vignette provides us a textbook example of how the GOP has retreated into policy fantasyland.
The costumes and settings are worthy of a full-length feature, and the creepy possessiveness of the song adds to the vignette.
Arctic Monkeys, Foxes & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO) | Victoria Kezra | August 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTRereading that review I linked to above, I opened it with a vignette that is still clear as a bell in my mind's eye.
In the second act, a trio of ballet dancers from the New York City Ballet will appear in a vignette dedicated to cotton candy.
Yet another vignette has the Hope-wrapped Bündchen breaking the news that the mother-in-law is moving in.
The magazines sketch us a lively article, the newspapers vignette us, step by step, a royal tour.
In memory of the late lamented general the present five-peso bank notes bear his vignette.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanSee also the vignette on title page, copied from an alabaster slab in the Collegio Romano, originally from the Catacombs.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowHe inquired in what style I wished to be taken, whether full-length, half-length, or vignette. '
The Talking Horse | F. AnsteyIn some instances they partake much more of the character of a vignette than a tradesmans mark.
Printers' Marks | William Roberts
British Dictionary definitions for vignette
/ (vɪˈnjɛt) /
a small illustration placed at the beginning or end of a book or chapter
a short graceful literary essay or sketch
a photograph, drawing, etc, with edges that are shaded off
architect a carved ornamentation that has a design based upon tendrils, leaves, etc
any small endearing scene, view, picture, etc
to finish (a photograph, picture, etc) with a fading border in the form of a vignette
to decorate with vignettes
to portray in or as in a vignette
Origin of vignette
1Derived forms of vignette
- vignettist, noun
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