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Pickedness

Pickedness \Pick"ed*ness\, n.

  1. The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

  2. Fineness; spruceness; smartness. [Obs.]

    Too much pickedness is not manly.
    --B. Jonson.

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pickedness

n. 1 (context obsolete English) The state of being sharpened or pointed. 2 (context obsolete English) fineness; spruceness; smartness