Point-devise
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Point-devise is a noun meaning Alternative form of point-device.
Meaning
Alternative form of point-device.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Particular; precise; finicky.
Example Sentences
You are rather point-devise in your accoutrements.
I abhor ſuch phanaticall phantaſms, ſuch inſociable and poynt deuiſe companions, […]
Thus he grew up, in Logic point-device, / Perfect in Grammar, and in Rhetoric nice; […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pin-point, picked, pert, pencillate, pinchbeck, nibbed.
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