stippled

Meanings

• Adjective

  Decorated or marked with small dots, often for textural effect or to represent detail in an image.

  - "The stippled texture of the painting gave it a three-dimensional appearance."
  - "The stippled surface of the leather-bound journal added to its antique charm."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with stippled
nibbles , ribbles , pipples , quibbles

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Variants

List of all variants of stippled that leads to same result
stipple , stippled , stippler , stipplers , stipples , stippling

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Etymology

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From the Old French word 'estoupiller', meaning 'to dot' or 'to stipple'.

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Trivia

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1. Stippling is often used in medical imaging, such as mammography, to enhance the contrast and detail of the image.

2. The term 'stippled' is also used to describe the texture of certain types of beer, particularly those with a yeasty or cloudy appearance.

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Related Concepts

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1. Dot art: A modern art movement characterized by the use of dots as the primary means of creating an image.

2. Pointillism: A painting technique that involves applying small dots of pure color to form an image, popularized by artists such as Georges Seurat and Paul Signac.

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Culture

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Stippling has been used in various artistic and decorative contexts throughout history, including in woodcut printing, textile design, and even in the decoration of furniture and architectural elements.

How to Memorize "stippled"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a surface covered in small dots, like the texture of a leopard's skin or the surface of a stippled paintbrush.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'stippled' with the image of a textured surface or the sound of small dots being applied to a surface.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a memory association by thinking of the word 'stippled' as a combination of 'stip' and 'pled', where 'stip' represents the texture of small dots and 'pled' represents the process of applying them.

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