Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - vignette
Vignette
vignette
n. & v. --n. 1 a short descriptive essay or character sketch. 2 an illustration or decorative design, esp. on the title-page of a book, not enclosed in a definite border. 3 a photograph or portrait showing only the head and shoulders with the background gradually shaded off. --v.tr. 1 make a portrait of (a person) in vignette style. 2 shade off (a photograph or portrait). Derivatives vignettist n. Etymology: F, dimin. of vigne VINE
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I. noun see: vine Date: 1611 a running ornament (as of vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) put on or just before a title page or at the beginning or end of a chapter, 2. a picture (as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper, the pictorial part of a postage stamp design as distinguished from the frame and lettering, 3. a short descriptive literary sketch, a brief incident or scene (as in a play or movie), vignettist noun II. transitive verb (~d; vignetting) Date: 1853 to finish (as a photograph) like a ~, to describe briefly, ~r noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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