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‖ pointillé, a. (n.)|pwɛ̃tije|
[F., pa. pple. of pointiller to mark with small points or dots, f. pointille (see prec.), L. type *puncticulāre.]
Ornamented with designs engraved or drawn with a sharp-pointed tool or style. Also fig. and as n.
1903Tregaski's Catal. Jan. 10/1 Old French Locket Case,..red morocco faded, gold tooled with small pointille scrolls and border of similar style. 1931A. Esdaile Student's Man. Bibliogr. vi. 207 The sprays are lighter, not only in themselves but because impressed by pointillé tools, i.e. tools with a dotted surface. 1933T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Aug. (1938) 773 His style disintegrates and not integrates, this time. Too pointillé. 1940Proc. Prehistoric Soc. VI. 173 Sherds ornamented with three bands decorated in pointillé. 1964H. Hodges Artifacts iv. 78 Strictly speaking, a surface that has been backgrounded by stabbing all over with a small pointed punch is referred to as pointillé, although some archaeologists are in the habit of using the term to describe any surface with a fine dot pattern, be the dots bosses or pits. 1974Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Aug. 910/2 The English binders showed a liveliness and originality... The new designs included..the all-over pattern, introduced in the 1670s and generally composed of pointillé flowers and drawer-handle tools. |