POINT-DEVICE


Meaning of POINT-DEVICE in English

I. |pȯintdə|vīs adjective

Etymology: Middle English ( at ) point devis, from at + point + devis fixed, set, from Middle French, from Latin divisus, past participle of dividere to divide — more at divide

archaic : marked by punctilious often fussy attention to detail : meticulous

point-device in its accouterments — J.L.Lowes

II. adverb

archaic : with punctilious often fussy attention to detail : meticulously

was dressed point-device — Sir Walter Scott

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