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Vignette   /vɪnjˈɛt/  /vinjˈɛt/   Listen
Vignette

noun
1.
A brief literary description.  Synonym: sketch.
2.
A photograph whose edges shade off gradually.
3.
A small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books).





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"Vignette" Quotes from Famous Books



... Apology, which even Johnson allowed to be "well-done," is valuable in many respects, especially for its account of the contemporary stage. In describing an actor or actress he had few equals—witness his skilful portrait of Nokes, and his admirably graphic vignette of Mrs. Verbruggen as that "finish'd Impertinent," Melantha, in ...
— Fielding - (English Men of Letters Series) • Austin Dobson


Words linked to "Vignette" :   description, study, exposure, photo, pic, photograph, picture


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