Useful english dictionary. 2012.
tach|ism — tach|isme or tach|ism «TASH ihz uhm; French TA|SHEEZ muh», noun. a style of painting in which colors are splashed or daubed on the canvas, allowing impulse rather than conscious effort to control the form and content of the picture; action… … Useful english dictionary
tachisme — [tash′iz΄əm; ] Fr [ tȧ shēz′m ] n. 〚Fr < tache, a spot (< OFr teche: see TETCHY) + isme, ISM〛 a method of action painting in which the paint is splashed, dribbled, etc. upon the canvas in apparently random patterns tachiste [tash′ist; ] Fr … Universalium
tachism — tach•ism [[t]ˈtæʃ ɪz əm[/t]] also ta•chisme fr. [[t]taˈʃis mə[/t]] n. (sometimes cap.) fia action painting • Etymology: 1950–55; < F tachisme=tache spot + isme ism tach′ist, ta•chiste Fr. taˈʃist n. adj … From formal English to slang
