Vignette
A vignette is a brief scene or a short description in a film or play.
Origin:
The word has its roots in the Middle French noun “vigne”, meaning “vine”.In the early 17th Century, designs or illustrations were often made along the border of a page. or to demarcate chapters in a book. They came to be called vignettes because they looked like vines. It was only after the late 19th Century, that the word began to be used for a brief literary sketch or a narrative.
Examples:
The documentary is a series of vignettes showing the lives of people during the lockdown imposed on account of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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