noun

1. an ornamental design (originally one of vine leaves, tendrils, and grapes) or illustration used on a page of a book, magazine, etc., as at the beginning or end of a chapter or section
2. a picture, photograph, film image, etc. with no definite border, shading off gradually at the edges into the background
3. 1. a short literary sketch or description
   2. a short, carefully constructed scene in a film, play, etc.; specif., one regarded as subtle, sensitive, etc.

Etymology: Fr, dim. < vigne, vine, vine

transitive verb vignetted -·gnet′·ted, vignetting -·gnet′·ting