ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Pointillistic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Pointillistic is an adjective meaning Having a style marked by using many small, distinct points of color to form an image.

Meaning

Having a style marked by using many small, distinct points of color to form an image.

More Meanings

  1. (by extension) Having the minimalistic, analytical character associated with pointillism.

Example Sentences

a pointillistic work of art
Their songs are mercurial, exhilarating structures with angular, leaping vocal lines from David Longstreth, cooing female vocal harmonies and pointillistic guitar patterns that do with Congolese soukous what Steve Reich did with Ghanian drumming: analyze, formalize and layer on new, dizzying convolutions.

Synonyms for pointillistic

Depending on context, synonyms include pointillist.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pointleted, pixeled, punctiform, dotted, punctate, puncticulate.

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