— pointillist , n. , adj.
/pwan"tl iz'euhm, -tee iz'-, poyn"tl iz'-/ , n. ( sometimes cap. )
a theory and technique developed by the neo-impressionists, based on the principle that juxtaposed dots of pure color, as blue and yellow, are optically mixed into the resulting hue, as green, by the viewer.
[ 1900-05; pointillisme, equiv. to pointill ( er ) to mark with points + -isme -ISM ]