Meaning of point-devise | Babel Free

Definitions

Particular; precise; finicky.

obsolete

Examples

“I abhor ſuch phanaticall phantaſms, ſuch inſociable and poynt deuiſe companions, […]”

“You are rather point-devise in your accoutrements.”

“Thus he grew up, in Logic point-device, / Perfect in Grammar, and in Rhetoric nice; […]”

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