Pickedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being sharpened or pointed. obsolete, uncountable
  2. 2
    fineness; spruceness; smartness obsolete, uncountable

    "1641, Ben Jonson, Timber Too much pickedness is not manly."

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"1641, Ben Jonson, Timber Too much pickedness is not manly."

Etymology

From picked + -ness.

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