Vignette definitions

Vignette

1) Brief incident 2) Brief literary description 3) Brief scene 4) Description 5) French girl name 6) French word used in English 7) Short literary sketch 8) Short sketch 9) Sketch 10) Sociological terminology 11) Toll road
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Vignette

1) Skit
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vignette

a brief literary description
a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)

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Vignette

• (n.) A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind. • (n.) 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 o...
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Vignette

A well constructed scene in such an highly artistic fashion that this segment of a motion picture could stand on its own. An example is the `Tara` scene from `Gone With the Wind` in which Scarlette O'hara declares `I will never go hungry again!` Not only will the portrayal by the actress or actor be singular, so too will the cinematographic recordi...
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Vignette

A symbol or pictorial representation of the corporation on a stock certificate. Usually a complicated and artistic design, it is meant to make the counterfeiting of stock certificates as difficult as possible.
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vignette

A pictorial element of a bank note design that shades off gradually into the surrounding unprinted paper or background rather than having sharp outlines or a frame.
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Vignette

A small illustration enclosed in a formal or decorative border.
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vignette

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 ...
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Vignette

(1) An illustration that has soft edges, often produced by using cutouts or masks. (2) A photograph or halftone in which the edges, or parts of, are shaded off to a very light gray.
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Vignette

A painting which is shaded off around the edges leaving a pleasing shape within a border of white or colour. Oval or broken vignettes are very common.
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Vignette

A short composition showing considerable skill, especially such a composition designed with little o
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Vignette

A painting which is shaded off around the edges leaving a pleasing shape within a border of white or
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vignette

1 Decoration of vine leaves and bunches of grapes, used in medieval carvings and fashionable again for friezes on furniture in neoclassical style. 2 Picture or decoration (on porcelain, for example) whose edges fade into the surround instead of having a sharply defined border.
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Vignette

Vi·gnette' noun [ French vignette , from vigne a vine. See Vine , and confer Vinette .] 1. (Architecture) A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture. 2. A decorative design, originally representing vine branche...
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