stipple

• vt. （雕刻）點刻；點彩
• n. （繪畫）點畫；點刻法
• vi. 用點刻；用點畫

來自荷蘭語 stippelen,點畫，點塗，反複格於 stippen,刺，打點，來自 stip,一點，來自 PIE*steip, 擴大形式於 PIE*stei,刺，插，詞源同 stipple,sting,stimulus.後用於指一種繪畫技巧。

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.