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pointillism

pointillism noun: the use of many small areas of color to construct an image.

pointillism: the use of many small areas of color to construct an image
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Noun

pointillism (usually uncountable, plural pointillisms)

  1. (usually) The use of many small areas of color to construct an image.
    Synonyms:
    pointillage

pointillism meaning in Tamil

pointillism in Tamil

புள்ளியீட்டு மரபு

Synonyms of pointillism

Forms of pointillism

pluralpointillisms

Origin of pointillism

From French pointillisme, from pointiller (“to dot, to mark with points”), from point (“dot, point”).

Words formed from pointillism

Questions about pointillism

What does pointillism mean?
Pointillism means the use of many small areas of color to construct an image.
What is pointillism in Tamil?
Pointillism in Tamil is புள்ளியீட்டு மரபு. See Pointillism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pointillism?
Pointillism is a noun.
What is the plural of pointillism?
The plural of pointillism is pointillisms.

Words near pointillism in the dictionary

  1. pointiest
  2. pointiest end
  3. pointiest ends
  4. pointihedra
  5. pointillage
  6. pointillism
  7. pointillisms
  8. pointillist
  9. pointilliste
  10. pointillistes
  11. pointillistic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pointillism (page history and authors); pointillism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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