Definition of Pointillist

1. Noun. A painter who uses the technique of pointillism.

Generic synonyms: Painter
Derivative terms: Pointillism

2. Adjective. Of or relating to pointillism.
Exact synonyms: Pointillistic
Similar to: Patterned
Derivative terms: Pointillism

Definition of Pointillist

1. Adjective. of, pertaining to, or in the style of pointillism ¹

2. Noun. An artist who paints in this style ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pointillist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pointillist

pointerless
pointerlike
pointers
pointes
pointework
pointful
pointfully
pointfulness
pointier
pointiest
pointilism
pointilist
pointillage
pointillism
pointillisms
pointillist (current term)
pointillistic
pointillistically
pointillists
pointillé
pointillés
pointiness
pointing
pointing-trowel
pointing-trowels
pointing out
pointing the bone
pointing trowel
pointings
pointless

Literary usage of Pointillist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"... XII A Pointless pointillist: Ezra Pound IF one might conceive, in the heliotrope future, any Ph. Demon so inspired as to set about compiling a list of ..."

2. Scepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry by Conrad Aiken (1919)
"... XII A Pointless pointillist: Ezra Pound IF one might conceive, in the heliotrope future, any Ph. Demon so inspired as to set about compiling a list of ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"There are several fallacies, however, theoretical and practical, in this " spectral palette " and pointillist method. If we depart from the three primaries ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"There are several fallacies, however, theoretical and practical, in this " spectral palette " and pointillist method. If we depart from the three primaries ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"The Belgian, Theo Van Rysselberghe, is also an exponent of the pointillist method. There are also a number of painters in the United States who work in this ..."

6. The History of Modern Painting by Richard Muther (1907)
"That spirited " pointillist " Henri Martin seems for the present to have reached a climax in his " Cain and Abel," one of the most powerful creations of the ..."

7. Artists and Thinkers by Louis William Flaccus (1916)
"It is not at all comparable to the automatic, sensuous unification or blurring of patches of color on which the pointillist counts. ..."

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