pointillé

[ French pwan-tee-yey ]

/ French pwɛ̃ tiˈyeɪ /

adjective

(of book covers) decorated with a tooled pattern of dots.

Nearby words

pointer, pointers, pointillage, pointillism, pointillistic, pointillé, pointing, pointing device, pointless, pointlessly, points system

Origin of pointillé

1900–05; < French, past participle of pointiller to dot, point

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