vignette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vĭn-yĕtʹ
ipa: /vɪnˈjɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: vignettes
Etymology: First attested in 1751. From French vignette, diminutive of vigne (“vine”), from Latin vīnea, from vīnum (“wine”). Replaced earlier Middle English vynet.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A running ornament consisting of leaves and tendrils, used in Gothic architecture.
examples: text: The centrality of this particular trope can been seen in the vignette adorning the opening page of Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert's Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonnée des sciences, des arts et des métiers (1751–1752).
ref: 2011, William Burgwinkle, Nicholas Hammond, Emma Wilson, The Cambridge History of French Literature, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 420:
topics: media
printing
publishing
coordinate_terms: colophon
coronis
glosses: 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.
glosses: Any small borderless picture in a book, especially an engraving, photograph, or the like, which vanishes gradually at the edge.
examples: text: A particular classroom incident, and the vignette I used to portray it, had a significant impact on the interpretative framework for my research into scientific literacy.
ref: 2007, Peter Charles Taylor, John Wallace, Contemporary Qualitative Research, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 126:
text: I have two favourite vignettes from the voting lobbies on Wednesday night. The first is the news that one minister told the Tory chief whip, Julian Smith: “You don’t know what you’re doing,” to which Smith replied, “I do know what I’m doing”.
ref: 2019 March 1, Marina Hyde, “Chris Grayling is the Berk du Soleil as Farage maps out a road to nowhere”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: account
anecdote
depiction
portrayal
representation
glosses: A short story or anecdote that presents a scene or tableau, or paints a picture.
examples: text: At the top of the stamp and centered slightly to the right is the wording, “U. S. Postage,” in white Gothic. Below the vignette are the words, “Little White House,” in quotations, with “Warm Springs,” centered directly below in dark Gothic, […]
ref: 1967, Postage Stamps of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: The central pictorial image on a postage stamp.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The characteristic of a camera lens, either by deficiency in design or by mismatch of the lens with the film format, that produces an image smaller than the film's frame with a crudely focused border. Photographers may deliberately choose this characteristic for a special effect.
examples: text: Liz Brent, broker at Go Brent in Maryland and Washington, DC, said she’s spent the past few months changing how she presents properties by emphasizing photographs, 3-D tours, and video vignettes for homes online.
ref: 2020 June 12, Anna Bahney, “The new rules of buying and selling a house in a coronavirus world”, in CNN Business:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Any effect in a photographic picture where qualities vanish towards the edges.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hardware deficiency (even occurring in most expensive models) of a computer display wherein the picture slants towards a colour or brightness towards the edges especially if viewed from an angle.
examples: text: In order to drive on Bulgarian roads outside Sofia you'll need to purchase a vignette which must be displayed in the windscreen.
ref: 2008, Sofia In Your Pocket, In Your Pocket, →ISBN, page 7:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A small sticker affixed to a vehicle windscreen to indicate that tolls have been paid.
Derived terms: vignetter
vignettist