"pointillist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From French pointilliste. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|pointilliste}} French pointilliste Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} pointillist
  1. of, pertaining to, or in the style of pointillism
    Sense id: en-pointillist-en-adj-ckP1uOwg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Artists Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 46 9 0 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 8 0 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Artists: 48 52

Noun

Forms: pointillists [plural]
Etymology: From French pointilliste. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|pointilliste}} French pointilliste Head templates: {{en-noun}} pointillist (plural pointillists)
  1. An artist who paints in this style Translations (artist who paints in this style): 點彩派畫家 /点彩派画家 (diǎncǎipàihuàjiā) (Chinese Mandarin), πουαντιλιστής (pouantilistís) [masculine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-pointillist-en-noun-QcmmuTW9 Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Artists, People Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Artists: 48 52 Disambiguation of People: 0 100

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