stipple

noun

Meaning

The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used.
To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

speckle(English)engraving(English)dot(English)quilting(English)stigmatypy(English)ink dot(English)ink-dot(English)inkdot(English)mezzotint(English)aquatint(English)engraver(English)etching(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data

stipple — meaning and etymology | WikiWord