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pickedness

pickedness noun: the state of being sharpened or pointed.

Noun

pickedness (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
  2. (obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
    • Too much pickedness is not manly.1641, Ben Jonson, Timber

Origin of pickedness

From picked + -ness.

Questions about pickedness

What does pickedness mean?
Pickedness means the state of being sharpened or pointed.
What part of speech is pickedness?
Pickedness is a noun.

Words near pickedness in the dictionary

  1. picked up the threads of
  2. picked up what someone was laying down
  3. picked up what someone was putting down
  4. pickedevant
  5. pickedevants
  6. pickedness
  7. pickee
  8. pickeer
  9. pickeered
  10. pickeerer
  11. pickeerers

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