'Vignette' definitions:
Definition of 'vignette'
(from WordNet)
noun
A brief literary description [syn: sketch, vignette]
noun
A photograph whose edges shade off gradually
noun
A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
Definition of 'Vignette'
From: GCIDE
- Vignette \Vi*gnette"\, v. t. To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vignette'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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.]
Synonyms of 'vignette'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aquatint,
- autolithograph,
- Bildungsroman,
- black and white,
- block,
- block print,
- brouillon,
- cameo,
- cartoon,
- catalog,
- cataloging,
- character,
- character sketch,
- characterization,
- charcoal,
- charcoal drawing,
- chiaroscuro,
- chromolithograph,
- color print,
- comic novel,
- copperplate,
- copperplate print,
- crayon,
- crayon engraving,
- cut,
- delineation,
- depiction,
- description,
- design,
- details,
- detective novel,
- diagram,
- dime novel,
- doodle,
- draft,
- drawing,
- dreadful,
- ebauche,
- engravement,
- engraving,
- epistolary novel,
- erotic novel,
- esquisse,
- etching,
- evocation,
- Gothic novel,
- graph,
- graphic account,
- graphotype,
- historical novel,
- image,
- imagery,
- impress,
- impression,
- imprint,
- itemization,
- limning,
- line drawing,
- linoleum-block print,
- lithograph,
- mezzotint,
- negative,
- nouvelle,
- novel,
- novel of character,
- novel of ideas,
- novel of incident,
- novel of manners,
- novel of sensibility,
- novelette,
- novella,
- particularization,
- pastel,
- pen-and-ink,
- pencil drawing,
- penny dreadful,
- photograph,
- picaresque novel,
- picture,
- pornographic novel,
- portrayal,
- print,
- problem novel,
- profile,
- proletarian novel,
- propaganda novel,
- psychological novel,
- regional novel,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- representation,
- river novel,
- roman,
- roman a clef,
- roman-fleuve,
- rough copy,
- rough draft,
- rough outline,
- rubber-block print,
- satirical novel,
- science-fiction novel,
- sentimental novel,
- shilling shocker,
- short story,
- short-short,
- silhouette,
- silver-print drawing,
- sinopia,
- sketch,
- sociological novel,
- specification,
- storiette,
- stream-of-consciousness novel,
- study,
- thesis novel,
- tracing,
- vivid description,
- wood engraving,
- woodblock,
- woodcut,
- woodprint,
- word painting,
- xylograph