pickedness

noun — 2 senses

pickedness

noun

Etymology From picked + -ness.

1

Obsolete The state of being sharpened or pointed.

2

Obsolete fineness; spruceness; smartness

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

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