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Meaning of point-devise | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

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; […]”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

point-free point-to-point pointable pointed pointerless pointerlike

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