Pronounced: fan-fer-uh-NADE, noun
Notes: I wasn’t quite sure of the meaning of this word
Yesterday’s word
The word bokeh is “the blurred effect in a photograph (typically as a soft out-of-focus background) that results in a pleasing effect and helps to draw attention to the subject of the photograph.
First usage
Our word came into English in the 1990s
Background / Comments
As noted, I’ve certainly seen photographs with the background out of focus — I just didn’t know that there was a word for it (but a relatively recent word). Our word came from the Japanese word boke (blur; haze) or boke-aji (blur quality).
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