名詞 pointillism:

1. a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer's eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France

poin.til.lism

n.（名詞）
A postimpressionist school of painting exemplified by Georges Seurat and his followers in late 9th-century France, characterized by the application of paint in small dots and brush strokes.
分色主義；點描派：后期印象主義繪畫，以9世紀(jì)后期法國的喬治·修拉和他的同好為典范，特征為運用顏料以小點或涂繪方式構(gòu)成畫面

來源：
French pointillisme
法語 pointillisme
from pointiller [to paint small dots, stipple]
源自 pointiller [畫小點，點畫]
from Old French *pointille [engraved with small dots]
源自 古法語 *pointille [刻有小點的]
from point [point]
源自 point [點]
from Latin pônctum [from neuter past participle of] pungere [to prick] * see peuk-
源自 拉丁語 pônctum [] 源自pungere的中性過去分詞 [刺，戳] *參見 peuk-

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poin.tillist
adj.（形容詞）
n.（名詞）