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pointillé

American

[pwan-tee-yey] / pwɛ̃ tiˈyeɪ /

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of pointillé

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

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