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Topic: NEWSPAPERS, PUBLISHING

Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: vigne ( VINE); because drawings in books often included vines

vignette

 noun
     
vi‧gnette [countable] formal
1AL a short description in a book or play showing the typical features of a person or situation
2TCN a small picture or design at the beginning or end of a book or chapter
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