<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.</li><li>An engraving, drawing, photograph, or the like that is shaded off gradually at the edges so as to leave no definite line at the border.</li><li>A decorative design representing branches, leaves, grapes, or the like, as in a manuscript.</li><li>Any small, pleasing picture or view.</li><li>A small, graceful literary sketch.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) vi·gnet·ted, vi·gnet·ting. Photography. To finish (a picture, photograph, etc.) in the manner of a vignette.</li></ul>