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8 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a brief literary description
noun a photograph whose edges shade off gradually
noun a small illustrative sketch (as sometimes placed at the beginning of chapters in books)
originFirst attested in 1751. From French vignette, diminutive of vigne (“vine”), from Latin vīnea, from vīnum (“wine”). Replaced earlier Middle English vynet.
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