pointillistic
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poin·til·lism
(pwăn′tə-lĭz′əm, point′l-ĭz′əm)n.
A postimpressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 19th-century France, characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes.
[French pointillisme, from pointiller, to paint small dots, stipple, from Old French *pointille, engraved with small dots, from point, point, from Latin pūnctum, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.]
poin′til·list adj. & n.
poin′til·lis′tic adj.
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pointillistic
(ˌpwæntɪˈlɪstɪk)adj
(Art Terms) relating to pointillism
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Adj. | 1. | pointillistic - of or relating to pointillism patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns) |
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