stipple

pronunciation

How to pronounce stipple in British English: UK [ˈstɪpl]word uk audio image

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  • Verb:
    engrave by means of dots and flicks
    make by small short touches that together produce an even or softly graded shadow, as in paint or ink
    apply (paint) in small touches
    produce a mottled effect

Word Origin

stipple (v.)
"paint with dots," 1670s, from Dutch stippelen "to make points," frequentative of stippen "to prick, speckle," from stip "a point," perhaps ultimately from PIE root *st(e)ig- "pointed" (see stick (v.)), or from *steip- "to stick, compress." Related: Stippled; stippling.

Example

1. Did you see my stipple portrait ?

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