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pointillé

pointillé noun: a style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.

Noun

pointillé (countable and uncountable, plural pointillés)

  1. A style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.

Forms of pointillé

pluralpointillés

Origin of pointillé

Borrowed from French pointillé.

Questions about pointillé

What does pointillé mean?
Pointillé means a style of finishing consisting of dotted lines and curves on the covers of a book.
What part of speech is pointillé?
Pointillé is a noun.
What is the plural of pointillé?
The plural of pointillé is pointillés.

Words near pointillé in the dictionary

  1. pointilliste
  2. pointillistes
  3. pointillistic
  4. pointillistically
  5. pointillists
  6. pointillé
  7. pointillés
  8. pointily
  9. pointin'
  10. pointiness
  11. pointing

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