stipple
pronunciation
How to pronounce stipple in British English: UK [ˈstɪpl]
How to pronounce stipple in American English: US [ˈstɪpəl]
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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.