pointilléadj.n.²

Brit.

/ˌpɔɪntɪˈeɪ/,

/ˌpwãtɪˈeɪ/, U.S.

/ˌpɔɪn(t)iˈeɪ/,

/ˌpwɑn(t)iˈeɪ/

Forms: 1800s– pointille, 1900s– pointillé.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pointillé.

Etymology: < French pointillé, past participle of pointiller to mark or represent with small points or dots (1414 in Middle French) < point point n.¹ + -iller, frequentative suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (pwæṅti^lye) /pwɛ̃tije/.

A. adj.

Ornamented with a design or pattern composed of fine dots. Of a tool: used to engrave or incise such designs. Also figurative.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > [adjective]

written?1440

engraven1583

lapidary1724

intagliated1782

engraileda1806

incised1807

lapideous1807

graven1821

descript1863

lapidarian1864

pointillé1884

1884 St. Joseph (Mich.) Traveler-Herald 3 May There are..pointille changeable taffetas with tiny points or dots all over them.

1903 Tregaski's Catal. Jan. 10/1 Old French Locket Case,..red morocco faded, gold tooled with small pointille scrolls and border of similar style.

1931 A. 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.

1933 T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Aug. (1938) 773 His style disintegrates and not integrates, this time. Too pointillé.

1974 Times 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.

2001 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 13 Dec. 15 The publishers decided to issue all the deluxe editions in a uniform style of cloth binding but with choice of colours with pictorial label, gilt pointillé decoration and gilt lettering.

B. n.²

Decorative work made with a series of fine dots; a garment, etc., decorated in this way. Also figurative. Now rare.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > processes or techniques

hatchet work1697

bossage1704

rusticating1749

boasting1823

chiselling1835

marmotinto1844

pointing1845

modelling1865

petroglyphy1882

pointillé1893

ganosis1911

1892 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 538/2 The result is the method known as le pointillé, from the little points or atoms of color by which the canvas is covered.]

1893 Evening Democrat (Warren, Pa.) 20 Dec. Another [costume] is a black pointille, whose full skirt, edged with astrakhan, is very slightly draped in front.

1940 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 6 173 Sherds ornamented with three bands decorated in pointillé.

1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 277 We see the mineral blue of his jaw and the gravelly pointillé of his suppressed mustache.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pointillé
释义	pointilléadj.n.² Brit. /ˌpɔɪntɪˈeɪ/, /ˌpwãtɪˈeɪ/, U.S. /ˌpɔɪn(t)iˈeɪ/, /ˌpwɑn(t)iˈeɪ/ Forms: 1800s– pointille, 1900s– pointillé. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French pointillé. Etymology: < French pointillé, past participle of pointiller to mark or represent with small points or dots (1414 in Middle French) < point point n.¹ + -iller, frequentative suffix. N.E.D. (1907) gives only the non-naturalized pronunciation (pwæṅti^lye) /pwɛ̃tije/. A. adj. Ornamented with a design or pattern composed of fine dots. Of a tool: used to engrave or incise such designs. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > incising or intaglio > [adjective] written?1440 engraven1583 lapidary1724 intagliated1782 engraileda1806 incised1807 lapideous1807 graven1821 descript1863 lapidarian1864 pointillé1884 1884 St. Joseph (Mich.) Traveler-Herald 3 May There are..pointille changeable taffetas with tiny points or dots all over them. 1903 Tregaski's Catal. Jan. 10/1 Old French Locket Case,..red morocco faded, gold tooled with small pointille scrolls and border of similar style. 1931 A. 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. 1933 T. E. Lawrence Let. 1 Aug. (1938) 773 His style disintegrates and not integrates, this time. Too pointillé. 1974 Times 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. 2001 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 13 Dec. 15 The publishers decided to issue all the deluxe editions in a uniform style of cloth binding but with choice of colours with pictorial label, gilt pointillé decoration and gilt lettering. B. n.² Decorative work made with a series of fine dots; a garment, etc., decorated in this way. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > processes or techniques hatchet work1697 bossage1704 rusticating1749 boasting1823 chiselling1835 marmotinto1844 pointing1845 modelling1865 petroglyphy1882 pointillé1893 ganosis1911 1892 Atlantic Monthly Apr. 538/2 The result is the method known as le pointillé, from the little points or atoms of color by which the canvas is covered.] 1893 Evening Democrat (Warren, Pa.) 20 Dec. Another [costume] is a black pointille, whose full skirt, edged with astrakhan, is very slightly draped in front. 1940 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 6 173 Sherds ornamented with three bands decorated in pointillé. 1962 V. Nabokov Pale Fire 277 We see the mineral blue of his jaw and the gravelly pointillé of his suppressed mustache. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.²1884
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