Point-device
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A form of lace worked with devices. historical, uncountable
- 2 Anything uncommonly precise and exact. obsolete, uncountable
"You are rather point-device in your accouterments, as loving yourself than seeming the lover of any other."
Example
More examples"You are rather point-device in your accouterments, as loving yourself than seeming the lover of any other."
Etymology
From Middle English poynt devise, from the Old French phrase *a point devise, with the participle taken as a noun; compare Old French a devis and Anglo-Norman en poynt devis.
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