Definition of vignette
- n. - A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils,
used in Gothic architecture.
- 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 often without a
definite bounding line, any picture, as an engraving, a photograph, or
the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
- v. t. - To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a
border or edge insensibly fading away.