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pointillist
poin·til·lism P0401900 (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.pointillist - A painter who creates separate dots of pure color instead of mixed pigments; the pronunciation is PWAHN-tuhl-ist.See also related terms for painter.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | pointillist - a painter who uses the technique of pointillismpainter - an artist who paints | | Adj. | 1. | pointillist - of or relating to pointillismpointillisticpatterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns) |
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Synonyms for pointillistnoun a painter who uses the technique of pointillismRelated Wordsadj of or relating to pointillismSynonymsRelated Words |