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pointillé

[ French pwan-tee-yey ]
/ French pwɛ̃ tiˈyeɪ /

adjective

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

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Origin of pointillé

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

Words nearby pointillé

point estimate, point estimation, point group, point guard, pointillage, pointillé, pointillism, pointillistic, pointing, pointing device, point in time
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