What does point-devise mean?

point-devise

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

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"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; […]"

more point-devise (comparative) most point-devise (superlative)

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