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vignette

(v/I/n'/j//E/t )

a brief literary description(noun.communication)

Synonym:
sketch

source: wordnet30
a photograph whose edges shade off gradually(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)(noun.artifact)

source: wordnet30
A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.(noun)

source: webster1913
A picture, illustration, or depiction in words, esp. one of a small or dainty kind.(noun)

source: webster1913

To make, as an engraving or a photograph, with a border or edge insensibly fading away.(verb)

source: webster1913

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