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English
Noun
point-devise
- Alternative form of point-device
Adjective
point-devise (comparative more point-devise, superlative most point-devise)
- (obsolete) Particular; precise; finicky.
c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 136, column 1:I abhor ſuch phanaticall phantaſms, ſuch inſociable and poynt deuiſe companions, […]
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :You are rather point-devise in your accoutrements.
1873 August, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “[I. Tales of a Wayside Inn.] The Student’s Tale. Emma and Eginhard.”, in Aftermath, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, late Ticknor & Fields, and Fields, Osgood, & Co., →OCLC, page 23:Thus he grew up, in Logic point-device, / Perfect in Grammar, and in Rhetoric nice; […]
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