pointedadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/

Forms: see point n.¹ and -ed suffix²; also Middle English ipointed, Middle English yponyted (transmission error), 1600s pointtit (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: point n.¹, -ed suffix²; point v.¹, -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly < point n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly < point v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.In Middle English in forms yponyted and ipointed with prefixation after past participle forms in y- prefix. With senses 5b and 5d compare earlier pointedly adv. and pointedness n. 2.

a. Having a point or points; tapering to or ending in a point or apex.

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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective]

piked1269

pointedc1325

sharp1340

peakedc1350

pricked?a1425

sharp-pointed1530

acuatea1550

piquant1549

picked1552

corned?c1562

arrow-headed1567

acuminated1578

pointing1578

acute1598

exasperated1608

spitted1626

pointy1644

sagittal1656

pecked1662

piqued1689

spired1694

piky1741

spiky1743

spiry1777

apexed1813

beak-shaped1830

peaky1832

apiculated1839

cusped1888

sagittiform1895

cuspate1896

society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [adjective] > pointed

pointedc1325

well-pointedc1425

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 6342 Smot him..Wiþ a long ipointed [v.r. yponyted; a1400 Trin. Cambr. pointed] knif.

?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 105 Dyamandes..ben square & poynted of here owne kynde.

?c1475 ( in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 146 (MED) Thre swerdis there were borne, oon poyntlees, and two poyntid.

?c1500 in Archaeologia (1814) 17 199 (MED) Ye shall bere no poynted wapen, dagger, knyfe, ne none other wapen ayenst the kyngs pece.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Poynted, or hauynge a poynte, cuspidatus, mucronatus.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. xl. 1085 The Celtiberians..cast their companies into a pointed and coin-formed battaillon [L. cuneo].

1686 E. Waller Poems (ed. 5) 235 He..With Cupid's pointed Arrows plays.

1747 B. Franklin Let. 1 Sept. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 10 The wonderful effect of pointed bodies, both in drawing off and throwing off the electrical fire.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 65 A chestnut, or any other tree with pointed leaves.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 6 Stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock.

1899 National Geographic Mag. Mar. 100 Along their inner border these [hills] are of remarkable pointed character.

1949 A. Leopold Sand County Almanac i. 35 The hen plover is brooding the four large pointed eggs.

1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones i. i. 27 He had a twisty face with protruding cheek bones triangulating a pointed chin.

b. Architecture. Of an arch, window, vault, etc.: tapering to a point at the top. Also: belonging to or designating the style of architecture characterized by such architectural features, esp. pointed arches (see also pointed arch n. at Compounds 2); cf. Gothic adj. 3b.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Gothic

pointed1640

Gothish1655

Gothicc1660

1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 171 The ocular and peeked or pointed form of the arch.

1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 103/1 The entrance into it has the appearance of a pointed gothic arch.

1768 Ware's Compl. Body Archit. (new ed.) 669 This pointed vault, resembling the common roof of a barn.

1800 J. Milner in Ess. Gothic Archit. 128 In every point of view this theory ascribes to the pointed architecture too early a date by a great many centuries.

1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 47 The apse-windows are late Pointed, of two lights trefoiled.

1867 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 3) ii. 17 The First Pointed style in England is..the style of the twelfth century.

1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 220/1 A spire properly belongs to Pointed architecture and hence has never been fully developed except in Gothic buildings.

1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe 86 The pointed barrel-vault of the transept at Cluny..may be assigned to the very beginning of the twelfth century.

1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 June c1 The elegant pointed architecture..and the stained glass's glorious play of colored light..are all illustrative of the less severe, more sensual esthetic of the Gothic period.

2. Marked with dots, pricks, or points; punctuated or accented with points.For the types of point used to punctuate or accent text, see point n.¹ 16.

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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated > with a sharp-pointed instrument > pricked

pointed1440

rowelled1836

pinpricked1936

society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > diacritic > having diacritics

tittled1684

pointed1844

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 406 Poyntyd, or prykkyd, punctatus.

1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 29 Another marked with pointed lines.

1734 J. Hutchinson Covenant in Cherubim 257 The pointed Hebrew is nothing a-kin to the written Hebrew.

1844 Littell's Living Age 26 Oct. 720/1 The pointed Hebrew Bible must be regarded as a translation, not as an original record.

1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. ii. ix. 357 In German documents it [sc. Anglo-Saxon type] occurs usually in the pointed (Lowe: minuscule) form.

1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 664/2 The pointed runes were generally known and used in the whole of the Scandinavian North throughout the Middle Ages as the writing of cultured laymen.

1996 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 28 Sept. 6 g Users can work with the accented Greek and pointed Hebrew text.

3. Fitted or furnished with tagged points (see point n.¹ 23a) or laces; wearing points; laced. Now historical and rare.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > tagged points or laces

pointed1508

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing parts of clothing

purfledc1400

weltedc1507

blue1600

buttoned1604

cockaded1713

epauletted1810

shoulder-knotted1812

plumigerous1827

white-favoured1847

buttony1848

scale-shouldered1849

pointed1904

whaleboned1908

ruffly1909

ruched1923

1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 21 For xj elne satin to be ane pointit cote to the King.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Poynted, or tyed wyth poyntes, ligulatus.

1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair i. vi Young men, trunked, puffed, pointed, trussed and doubleted.

4. Directed, aimed. Of a finger: extended so as to point at or indicate something.

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the world > space > direction > [adjective] > given direction towards a mark

levelled1567

pointed1578

directed1855

1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 2nd Pt. i. i. G iij So ofte as men, with poynted fingers tell, Their friendes, my faultes.

1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. viii. 103 With dumbe shewes, winking eyes, wry mouthes, bended browes, pointed fingers, touch of feete, and other apish trickes.

1758 Centinel (ed. 2) I. 130 Would he not with instead of looking like themselves, to be shewn with the pointed finger—that's an Englishman.

1788 ‘P. Pindar’ Sir J. Banks & Emperor of Morocco (ed. 2) 22 Just Guardian of the sacred spot, With face so fierce, and pointed gun, Who threat'ned all the birds with shot.

1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 134 A hand was at my shoulder to compel My sullen steps; another 'fore my eyes Moved on with pointed finger.

1877 R. D. Joyce Deirdrè 135 Their elders stand In eager converse, each with pointed hand Stretched towards green glade or dell that semblance bore To [etc.].

1944 J. M. Brown Many Watchful Night 144 We wait, like all people waiting to hear a pointed gun fired.

1994 M. A. Watson Expanding Vista 16 The new leader of the free world who punctuated the lofty rhetoric of his inaugural address with emphatic hand motions and pointed finger.

a. Painfully sharp to the senses. Of the eyes, a person's gaze, etc.: piercing, penetrating. Now rare.

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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > piercing or cutting

pointed1607

1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. I.3 Transpearcing rayes of Christal-pointed eyes.]

1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. D2 Ile haue you Sir (because you haue an eye so sharply pointed) to looke through and through that our great Citie.

a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. iv. 77 in Wks. (1640) III There is a pointed lustre in her eye Hath shot quite through me.

1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour i. ii. 14 Turn hence those pointed glories of your Eyes.

1730 B. Martyn Timoleon v. iii. 56 What Eyes are there?—How pointed is each Glance!

1737 M. Green Spleen 219 Who can view the pointed rays, That from black eyes scintillant blaze?

1772 W. Jones Poems 30 A weak defence from hunger's pointed sting.

1787 A. Yearsley Poems Var. Subj. 49 My long restless soul, tost on extreme, From bliss to pointed woe.

1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 106 The air was raw and pointed.

1904 E. Rickert Reaper 261 A wee thing with pointed black eyes.

1992 S. Armitage Xanadu 45 The pointed wind of our first winter needles us.

b. Penetrating, acute, incisive; piercing, trenchant, stinging, etc.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 5d.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant

smartc1330

unkeen?a1425

mordant1474

piquant1521

pugnant1537

quick1542

nippingc1547

nippy1575

cutting1582

yarking1593

stinging1600

pointed1617

pungent1619

toothed1628

aculeate1640

mordacious1648

aculeated1655

piperaceous1674

peppery1826

pointy1883

lashing1900

1617 J. Davies Wits Bedlam sig. G1 I Dare not say your Wit was wisedome pointed.

1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman Introd. 3 'Tis pointed Truth must manage this Dispute.

a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 70 Th' impartial Muse, in pointed stabbing Verse, Shall all thy several Villanies rehearse.

1795 A. B. Cristall Poet. Sketches 91 Wild satire vibrates from her scornful tongue, And pointed truths each conscious passion stung.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 92 Some put their trust in answer smart or pointed repartee.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 2/3 The most pointed thing to say about a person is that he ‘means well’.

1943 N. Marsh Colour Scheme (1961) i. 20 She added, in dog Maori, an extremely pointed insult.

1991 N.Y. Amsterdam News 30 Mar. 23/3 Central to his spicy cynicism and barbed comments were some pointed remarks for literary deconstructionists.

c. Exact to a point; precise. Now English regional (northern) and Scottish. Sc. National Dict. at point n., v. records this sense as still in use in various parts of Scotland in 1966.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective]

rightOE

namely?c1225

lealc1330

very1338

truec1400

justc1425

exquisite1541

precise?a1560

jump1581

accuratea1599

nice1600

refined1607

punctual1608

press?1611

square1632

exact1645

unerring1665

proper1694

correct1705

pointed1724

prig1776

precisivea1805

as right as a trivet1835

spot on1936

1724 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life A. Peden 87 I doubt nothing of the Truth of them in my own Mind, tho' I be not pointed in Time and Place.

1812 P. Forbes Poems 78 Ye're sae precise an' pointet.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxv. 48 The identical member..who was most pointed in showing up the dishonesty of the act inculpated.

1893 M. Oliphant Lady William I. viii. 130 How often must I tell you not to be so pointed with your half-hours?

1897 ‘L. Keith’ My Bonnie Lady iv. 45 The minister's very pinted about his parritch.

d. Marked, emphasized. Of attention, thought, criticism, etc.: directed unambiguously towards a particular person, subject, etc.; clearly making a point.

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society > communication > indication > pointing out > [adjective] > obvious

brightOE

evidenta1393

legible1593

pointed1768

screaming1976

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 79 A course of small, quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm—nor so vague as to be misunderstood.

a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xiv. 273 Only ten days ago had he elated her by his pointed regard.

1855 M. J. Holmes Eng. Orphans xxiv. 240 He managed to let fall a very pointed compliment, feeling greatly surprised to see with what indifference it was received.

1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 646 The pointed marking out of Thored as ‘Eorl’..is an unusual piece of accuracy.

1920 Times 22 Sept. 10 A pointed reminder of the recent bomb outrages in the financial district of New York..was given yesterday to members of the London Stock Exchange.

1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World 39 They..regarded..his pointed non-appearance at dinner parties and his shabby clothes, as youthful Bohemianism.

1994 Time 25 July 55/3 It was a pointed reminder to reporters..that the laws of libel don't stop at the borders of cyberspace.

e. Originally and chiefly Music. Of a performance: clearly and accurately articulated and phrased.

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1906 Times 19 June 10/4 We shall gladly hear more of her fine voice and her pointed, thoroughly reasoned singing.

1930 Musical Times Nov. 997/1 Thanks to..Dr. Marchant's pointed playing and judicious use of Solo stops,..the result is far clearer than we should expect.

1975 City Press 1 May 16/5 Her duchess on the make is a finely pointed performance, the plummy vowels contrasting splendidly with consonants periodically marred by the lack of false teeth.

2005 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 4 Apr. 3 d A tautly pointed performance of Tchaikovsky's bombastic Coronation March.

a. Bricklaying. Of brickwork, a brick or stone wall, etc.: having the joints filled with mortar or cement. Cf. pointing n.¹ 1.

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1800 Times 1 July 1/4 (advt.) They also prepare a Stucco,..producing all the effect of a stone building,..at about the same expence as a pointed brick facing.

1853 Househ. Words 3 Sept. 13/2 An old mansion..attracting the attention by the fresh look of its red and pointed brick-work.

1926 E. Wylie Orphan Angel vi. 180 The Commercial Bank of Louisville, looking savage and unkempt in the shadow of its neatly pointed brickwork.

1955 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 19 Mar. 15/8 (advt.) Look at that driveway lined with pointed brick sunk in concrete for double lifetime.

2005 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Apr. h14 The home has a bull-nosed veranda, plastered quoins and pointed stonework on the carport.

b. Masonry. Of stonework: having its facing dressed with a pointed tool.

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a1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 168/2 Pointed Ashlar, the face-marking done by a pointed tool or one very narrow.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 845/2 In broached work the grooves made by the tool are continuous... In pointed work the lines are not continuous; the surface is rough or fine pointed according as the point is used over every inch or half-inch of the stone.

7. To which points have been assigned. Frequently with preceding qualifying word.Originally used in relation to the rationing of foodstuffs during the Second World War (1939–45).

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1943 Arlington Heights (Illinois) Herald 19 Feb. ii. 1/7 Buy carefully and buy as much of the low pointed goods as possible.

1950 Times 24 Apr. 5/3 Lease-lend imports of canned meat, together with canned fish and vegetables, were the first ‘pointed’ goods.

1988 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 22 Sept. The Coldstream Hills 1988 Pinot Noir Rising Vineyard was the highest pointed wine from more than 2,000 entries.

2002 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 1 June 18 Fruit is another low pointed snack, which is good to take.

Compounds

C1.

pointed-arched adj.

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1754 A. C. Ducarel Tour Normandy 21 The fourth side of this quadrangle is an old building with pointed arched windows.

1844 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 465 The adoption of any species of pointed arched windows..has been dignified among us with the honorable title of a Gothic design.

2003 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) July 94 The overall mood is calm and reflective, almost like a cloister, where architecture helps turn the mind inward on itself. Except for pointed-arched windows,..the effects are not forced.

pointed-butted adj.

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1928 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Steppe & Sown iii. 46 Pointed-butted axes of jadeite and other hard stone came into use as well as flint.

1960 C. B. M. McBurney Stone Age Northern Afr. 56 Large bifacial spearheads (ultimately derived from the peculiar pointed-butted bifaces mentioned in the Acheulian at Olduvai..).

pointed-toed adj.

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1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 73 I read the fashion of piqued or pointed toed-shoes in antient use among us in England.

1854 Rufus Hill 10 A dandyish-looking fellow, with..striped silk pantaloons, and pointed-toed shoes.

1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 201 Micky Fielder..sat against the edge of the adjacent table, kicking the base of his cue with his pointed-toed boots.

C2.

pointed arch n. an arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of the Gothic style of architecture.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > other types of arch

bowOE

craba1387

cove1511

triumphal arch (arc)a1566

straight arch1663

pointed arch1688

rough arch1693

jack-arch1700

oxi1700

raking arch1711

flat arch1715

scheme-arch1725

counter-arch1726

ox-eye arch1736

surbased dome1763

ogee1800

rising arch1809

sub-arch1811

deaf arch1815

four-centred arch1815

mixed arch1815

Tudor arch1815

camber1823

lancet arch1823

invert1827

platband1828

pier arch1835

ogive1841

scoinson arch1842

segment1845

skew arch1845

drop-arch1848

equilateral arch1848

lancet1848

rear arch1848

straining-arch1848

tierceron1851

shouldered arch1853

archlet1862

segment-arch1887

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 475 This is also Blazoned, two Towers joined by a Pedement or pointed Arch.

1750 S. Wren in Parentalia 273 They had not yet fallen into the Gothick pointed-arch.

a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 18 The round-arch variety [was perfected] in the twelfth, and the pointed-arch in the two succeeding centuries.

1911 E. R. Williams Plain-towns of Italy iii. 65 Its most striking feature is a charming colonnade, of pointed arches upon slim marble shafts.

1995 Laywitness Jan.–Feb. 4/2 The invention of the pointed arch and the flying buttress made possible the soaring space.

pointed blanket n. North American (now rare) = point blanket n. at point n.¹ Compounds 2.

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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > blanket > blanket made for or by North American Indians

stroud1683

Indian blanket1714

pointed blanket1779

point blanket1783

mackinaw1836

Chilkat1890

Hudson Bay blanket1900

1779 in Beaver (1935) June 47/1 Sends samples of five different sorts of Pointed blankets with their respective prices per pair.

1956 Beaver Summer 50 It can be no coincidence that while Maugenest was in London enquiries were put in hand for Pointed blankets.

2002 Canada NewsWire (Nexis) 16 Oct. In December 1779, the Hudson's Bay Company London Committee approved the commissioning of Thomas Empson of Witney, Oxfordshire, to develop and produce ‘pointed’ blankets.

pointed box n. Mining (now rare) a pyramid-shaped box in which ores are separated in a current of water.

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1871 W. P. Blake Notices of Mining Machinery 241 This is another modification of the conical tubs or pointed boxes, but the shape is rectangular.

1893 T. Reunert Diamonds & Gold 58 The heavy deposit, with the diamonds, passes through the screens into pointed boxes below, whence it is drawn off at the lowest point of the box and taken to the sorting tables.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 794/1 Spitzkasten, an open pointed box or cone classifier, for the water-sizing of crushed ore.

pointed fox n. Fur Trade dyed fur from a common fox to which white or silvery hairs have been added to make it resemble silver fox (cf. point v.¹ 4).

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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of fox

tod1482

fox1501

fox-skin1598

fox-case1610

pointed fox1902

1902 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 18 Jan. 12 (advt.) Sable fox and pointed fox long scarfs, with large tails.

1952 G. J. Lapick & J. Gelle Sci. Fur Servicing 7 In pointed fox the inserted hairs are generally all white.

Derivatives

† pointed-wise adv. Obsolete

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1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words (at cited word) A spícchio, made pointed-wise, like the streakes of the Sunne.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pointed
释义	pointedadj.¹ Brit. /ˈpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/ Forms: see point n.¹ and -ed suffix²; also Middle English ipointed, Middle English yponyted (transmission error), 1600s pointtit (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: point n.¹, -ed suffix²; point v.¹, -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Partly < point n.¹ + -ed suffix², and partly < point v.¹ + -ed suffix¹.In Middle English in forms yponyted and ipointed with prefixation after past participle forms in y- prefix. With senses 5b and 5d compare earlier pointedly adv. and pointedness n. 2. 1. a. Having a point or points; tapering to or ending in a point or apex. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > condition of tapering to a point > [adjective] piked1269 pointedc1325 sharp1340 peakedc1350 pricked?a1425 sharp-pointed1530 acuatea1550 piquant1549 picked1552 corned?c1562 arrow-headed1567 acuminated1578 pointing1578 acute1598 exasperated1608 spitted1626 pointy1644 sagittal1656 pecked1662 piqued1689 spired1694 piky1741 spiky1743 spiry1777 apexed1813 beak-shaped1830 peaky1832 apiculated1839 cusped1888 sagittiform1895 cuspate1896 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [adjective] > pointed pointedc1325 well-pointedc1425 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 6342 Smot him..Wiþ a long ipointed [v.r. yponyted; a1400 Trin. Cambr. pointed] knif. ?a1425 (c1400) Mandeville's Trav. (Titus C.xvi) (1919) 105 Dyamandes..ben square & poynted of here owne kynde. ?c1475 ( in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 146 (MED) Thre swerdis there were borne, oon poyntlees, and two poyntid. ?c1500 in Archaeologia (1814) 17 199 (MED) Ye shall bere no poynted wapen, dagger, knyfe, ne none other wapen ayenst the kyngs pece. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Poynted, or hauynge a poynte, cuspidatus, mucronatus. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xl. xl. 1085 The Celtiberians..cast their companies into a pointed and coin-formed battaillon [L. cuneo]. 1686 E. Waller Poems (ed. 5) 235 He..With Cupid's pointed Arrows plays. 1747 B. Franklin Let. 1 Sept. in Exper. & Observ. Electr. (1751) 10 The wonderful effect of pointed bodies, both in drawing off and throwing off the electrical fire. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 65 A chestnut, or any other tree with pointed leaves. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Morte d'Arthur in Poems (new ed.) II. 6 Stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock. 1899 National Geographic Mag. Mar. 100 Along their inner border these [hills] are of remarkable pointed character. 1949 A. Leopold Sand County Almanac i. 35 The hen plover is brooding the four large pointed eggs. 1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones i. i. 27 He had a twisty face with protruding cheek bones triangulating a pointed chin. b. Architecture. Of an arch, window, vault, etc.: tapering to a point at the top. Also: belonging to or designating the style of architecture characterized by such architectural features, esp. pointed arches (see also pointed arch n. at Compounds 2); cf. Gothic adj. 3b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > style of architecture > [adjective] > Gothic pointed1640 Gothish1655 Gothicc1660 1640 W. Somner Antiq. Canterbury 171 The ocular and peeked or pointed form of the arch. 1762 Ann. Reg. 1761 103/1 The entrance into it has the appearance of a pointed gothic arch. 1768 Ware's Compl. Body Archit. (new ed.) 669 This pointed vault, resembling the common roof of a barn. 1800 J. Milner in Ess. Gothic Archit. 128 In every point of view this theory ascribes to the pointed architecture too early a date by a great many centuries. 1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 47 The apse-windows are late Pointed, of two lights trefoiled. 1867 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. (ed. 3) ii. 17 The First Pointed style in England is..the style of the twelfth century. 1912 Catholic Encycl. XIV. 220/1 A spire properly belongs to Pointed architecture and hence has never been fully developed except in Gothic buildings. 1936 A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. W. Europe 86 The pointed barrel-vault of the transept at Cluny..may be assigned to the very beginning of the twelfth century. 1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 13 June c1 The elegant pointed architecture..and the stained glass's glorious play of colored light..are all illustrative of the less severe, more sensual esthetic of the Gothic period. 2. Marked with dots, pricks, or points; punctuated or accented with points.For the types of point used to punctuate or accent text, see point n.¹ 16. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > an opening or aperture > [adjective] > having (a) hole(s) > bored, pierced, or perforated > with a sharp-pointed instrument > pricked pointed1440 rowelled1836 pinpricked1936 society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > diacritic > having diacritics tittled1684 pointed1844 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 406 Poyntyd, or prykkyd, punctatus. 1659 J. Leak tr. I. de Caus New Inventions Water-works 29 Another marked with pointed lines. 1734 J. Hutchinson Covenant in Cherubim 257 The pointed Hebrew is nothing a-kin to the written Hebrew. 1844 Littell's Living Age 26 Oct. 720/1 The pointed Hebrew Bible must be regarded as a translation, not as an original record. 1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. Collinson German Lang. ii. ix. 357 In German documents it [sc. Anglo-Saxon type] occurs usually in the pointed (Lowe: minuscule) form. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 664/2 The pointed runes were generally known and used in the whole of the Scandinavian North throughout the Middle Ages as the writing of cultured laymen. 1996 Dallas Morning News (Nexis) 28 Sept. 6 g Users can work with the accented Greek and pointed Hebrew text. 3. Fitted or furnished with tagged points (see point n.¹ 23a) or laces; wearing points; laced. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > tagged points or laces pointed1508 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing parts of clothing purfledc1400 weltedc1507 blue1600 buttoned1604 cockaded1713 epauletted1810 shoulder-knotted1812 plumigerous1827 white-favoured1847 buttony1848 scale-shouldered1849 pointed1904 whaleboned1908 ruffly1909 ruched1923 1508 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1902) IV. 21 For xj elne satin to be ane pointit cote to the King. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Poynted, or tyed wyth poyntes, ligulatus. 1904 M. Hewlett Queen's Quair i. vi Young men, trunked, puffed, pointed, trussed and doubleted. 4. Directed, aimed. Of a finger: extended so as to point at or indicate something. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > [adjective] > given direction towards a mark levelled1567 pointed1578 directed1855 1578 G. Whetstone Promos & Cassandra: 2nd Pt. i. i. G iij So ofte as men, with poynted fingers tell, Their friendes, my faultes. 1611 W. Vaughan Spirit of Detraction iii. viii. 103 With dumbe shewes, winking eyes, wry mouthes, bended browes, pointed fingers, touch of feete, and other apish trickes. 1758 Centinel (ed. 2) I. 130 Would he not with instead of looking like themselves, to be shewn with the pointed finger—that's an Englishman. 1788 ‘P. Pindar’ Sir J. Banks & Emperor of Morocco (ed. 2) 22 Just Guardian of the sacred spot, With face so fierce, and pointed gun, Who threat'ned all the birds with shot. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 134 A hand was at my shoulder to compel My sullen steps; another 'fore my eyes Moved on with pointed finger. 1877 R. D. Joyce Deirdrè 135 Their elders stand In eager converse, each with pointed hand Stretched towards green glade or dell that semblance bore To [etc.]. 1944 J. M. Brown Many Watchful Night 144 We wait, like all people waiting to hear a pointed gun fired. 1994 M. A. Watson Expanding Vista 16 The new leader of the free world who punctuated the lofty rhetoric of his inaugural address with emphatic hand motions and pointed finger. 5. a. Painfully sharp to the senses. Of the eyes, a person's gaze, etc.: piercing, penetrating. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [adjective] > piercing or cutting pointed1607 1592 S. Daniel Complaynt of Rosamond in Delia sig. I.3 Transpearcing rayes of Christal-pointed eyes.] 1607 T. Dekker Whore of Babylon sig. D2 Ile haue you Sir (because you haue an eye so sharply pointed) to looke through and through that our great Citie. a1637 B. Jonson Tale of Tub ii. iv. 77 in Wks. (1640) III There is a pointed lustre in her eye Hath shot quite through me. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour i. ii. 14 Turn hence those pointed glories of your Eyes. 1730 B. Martyn Timoleon v. iii. 56 What Eyes are there?—How pointed is each Glance! 1737 M. Green Spleen 219 Who can view the pointed rays, That from black eyes scintillant blaze? 1772 W. Jones Poems 30 A weak defence from hunger's pointed sting. 1787 A. Yearsley Poems Var. Subj. 49 My long restless soul, tost on extreme, From bliss to pointed woe. 1882 R. L. Stevenson New Arabian Nights II. 106 The air was raw and pointed. 1904 E. Rickert Reaper 261 A wee thing with pointed black eyes. 1992 S. Armitage Xanadu 45 The pointed wind of our first winter needles us. b. Penetrating, acute, incisive; piercing, trenchant, stinging, etc.Sometimes difficult to distinguish from sense 5d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > mordant smartc1330 unkeen?a1425 mordant1474 piquant1521 pugnant1537 quick1542 nippingc1547 nippy1575 cutting1582 yarking1593 stinging1600 pointed1617 pungent1619 toothed1628 aculeate1640 mordacious1648 aculeated1655 piperaceous1674 peppery1826 pointy1883 lashing1900 1617 J. Davies Wits Bedlam sig. G1 I Dare not say your Wit was wisedome pointed. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman Introd. 3 'Tis pointed Truth must manage this Dispute. a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 70 Th' impartial Muse, in pointed stabbing Verse, Shall all thy several Villanies rehearse. 1795 A. B. Cristall Poet. Sketches 91 Wild satire vibrates from her scornful tongue, And pointed truths each conscious passion stung. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 92 Some put their trust in answer smart or pointed repartee. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 10 May 2/3 The most pointed thing to say about a person is that he ‘means well’. 1943 N. Marsh Colour Scheme (1961) i. 20 She added, in dog Maori, an extremely pointed insult. 1991 N.Y. Amsterdam News 30 Mar. 23/3 Central to his spicy cynicism and barbed comments were some pointed remarks for literary deconstructionists. c. Exact to a point; precise. Now English regional (northern) and Scottish. Sc. National Dict. at point n., v. records this sense as still in use in various parts of Scotland in 1966. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] rightOE namely?c1225 lealc1330 very1338 truec1400 justc1425 exquisite1541 precise?a1560 jump1581 accuratea1599 nice1600 refined1607 punctual1608 press?1611 square1632 exact1645 unerring1665 proper1694 correct1705 pointed1724 prig1776 precisivea1805 as right as a trivet1835 spot on1936 1724 P. Walker Some Remarkable Passages Life A. Peden 87 I doubt nothing of the Truth of them in my own Mind, tho' I be not pointed in Time and Place. 1812 P. Forbes Poems 78 Ye're sae precise an' pointet. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. cxv. 48 The identical member..who was most pointed in showing up the dishonesty of the act inculpated. 1893 M. Oliphant Lady William I. viii. 130 How often must I tell you not to be so pointed with your half-hours? 1897 ‘L. Keith’ My Bonnie Lady iv. 45 The minister's very pinted about his parritch. d. Marked, emphasized. Of attention, thought, criticism, etc.: directed unambiguously towards a particular person, subject, etc.; clearly making a point. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > pointing out > [adjective] > obvious brightOE evidenta1393 legible1593 pointed1768 screaming1976 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 79 A course of small, quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm—nor so vague as to be misunderstood. a1817 J. Austen Northanger Abbey (1818) II. xiv. 273 Only ten days ago had he elated her by his pointed regard. View more context for this quotation 1855 M. J. Holmes Eng. Orphans xxiv. 240 He managed to let fall a very pointed compliment, feeling greatly surprised to see with what indifference it was received. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 646 The pointed marking out of Thored as ‘Eorl’..is an unusual piece of accuracy. 1920 Times 22 Sept. 10 A pointed reminder of the recent bomb outrages in the financial district of New York..was given yesterday to members of the London Stock Exchange. 1966 N. Gordimer Late Bourgeois World 39 They..regarded..his pointed non-appearance at dinner parties and his shabby clothes, as youthful Bohemianism. 1994 Time 25 July 55/3 It was a pointed reminder to reporters..that the laws of libel don't stop at the borders of cyberspace. e. Originally and chiefly Music. Of a performance: clearly and accurately articulated and phrased. ΚΠ 1906 Times 19 June 10/4 We shall gladly hear more of her fine voice and her pointed, thoroughly reasoned singing. 1930 Musical Times Nov. 997/1 Thanks to..Dr. Marchant's pointed playing and judicious use of Solo stops,..the result is far clearer than we should expect. 1975 City Press 1 May 16/5 Her duchess on the make is a finely pointed performance, the plummy vowels contrasting splendidly with consonants periodically marred by the lack of false teeth. 2005 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) (Nexis) 4 Apr. 3 d A tautly pointed performance of Tchaikovsky's bombastic Coronation March. 6. a. Bricklaying. Of brickwork, a brick or stone wall, etc.: having the joints filled with mortar or cement. Cf. pointing n.¹ 1. ΚΠ 1800 Times 1 July 1/4 (advt.) They also prepare a Stucco,..producing all the effect of a stone building,..at about the same expence as a pointed brick facing. 1853 Househ. Words 3 Sept. 13/2 An old mansion..attracting the attention by the fresh look of its red and pointed brick-work. 1926 E. Wylie Orphan Angel vi. 180 The Commercial Bank of Louisville, looking savage and unkempt in the shadow of its neatly pointed brickwork. 1955 Salisbury (Maryland) Times 19 Mar. 15/8 (advt.) Look at that driveway lined with pointed brick sunk in concrete for double lifetime. 2005 Sunday Mail (S. Austral.) (Nexis) 17 Apr. h14 The home has a bull-nosed veranda, plastered quoins and pointed stonework on the carport. b. Masonry. Of stonework: having its facing dressed with a pointed tool. ΚΠ a1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 168/2 Pointed Ashlar, the face-marking done by a pointed tool or one very narrow. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 845/2 In broached work the grooves made by the tool are continuous... In pointed work the lines are not continuous; the surface is rough or fine pointed according as the point is used over every inch or half-inch of the stone. 7. To which points have been assigned. Frequently with preceding qualifying word.Originally used in relation to the rationing of foodstuffs during the Second World War (1939–45). ΚΠ 1943 Arlington Heights (Illinois) Herald 19 Feb. ii. 1/7 Buy carefully and buy as much of the low pointed goods as possible. 1950 Times 24 Apr. 5/3 Lease-lend imports of canned meat, together with canned fish and vegetables, were the first ‘pointed’ goods. 1988 Hobart Mercury (Nexis) 22 Sept. The Coldstream Hills 1988 Pinot Noir Rising Vineyard was the highest pointed wine from more than 2,000 entries. 2002 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 1 June 18 Fruit is another low pointed snack, which is good to take. Compounds C1. pointed-arched adj. ΚΠ 1754 A. C. Ducarel Tour Normandy 21 The fourth side of this quadrangle is an old building with pointed arched windows. 1844 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 465 The adoption of any species of pointed arched windows..has been dignified among us with the honorable title of a Gothic design. 2003 Archit. Rec. (Nexis) July 94 The overall mood is calm and reflective, almost like a cloister, where architecture helps turn the mind inward on itself. Except for pointed-arched windows,..the effects are not forced. pointed-butted adj. ΚΠ 1928 H. Peake & H. J. Fleure Steppe & Sown iii. 46 Pointed-butted axes of jadeite and other hard stone came into use as well as flint. 1960 C. B. M. McBurney Stone Age Northern Afr. 56 Large bifacial spearheads (ultimately derived from the peculiar pointed-butted bifaces mentioned in the Acheulian at Olduvai..). pointed-toed adj. ΚΠ 1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 73 I read the fashion of piqued or pointed toed-shoes in antient use among us in England. 1854 Rufus Hill 10 A dandyish-looking fellow, with..striped silk pantaloons, and pointed-toed shoes. 1993 G. F. Newman Law & Order (rev. ed.) 201 Micky Fielder..sat against the edge of the adjacent table, kicking the base of his cue with his pointed-toed boots. C2. pointed arch n. an arch with a pointed crown, characteristic of the Gothic style of architecture. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > other types of arch bowOE craba1387 cove1511 triumphal arch (arc)a1566 straight arch1663 pointed arch1688 rough arch1693 jack-arch1700 oxi1700 raking arch1711 flat arch1715 scheme-arch1725 counter-arch1726 ox-eye arch1736 surbased dome1763 ogee1800 rising arch1809 sub-arch1811 deaf arch1815 four-centred arch1815 mixed arch1815 Tudor arch1815 camber1823 lancet arch1823 invert1827 platband1828 pier arch1835 ogive1841 scoinson arch1842 segment1845 skew arch1845 drop-arch1848 equilateral arch1848 lancet1848 rear arch1848 straining-arch1848 tierceron1851 shouldered arch1853 archlet1862 segment-arch1887 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory 475 This is also Blazoned, two Towers joined by a Pedement or pointed Arch. 1750 S. Wren in Parentalia 273 They had not yet fallen into the Gothick pointed-arch. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) I. 18 The round-arch variety [was perfected] in the twelfth, and the pointed-arch in the two succeeding centuries. 1911 E. R. Williams Plain-towns of Italy iii. 65 Its most striking feature is a charming colonnade, of pointed arches upon slim marble shafts. 1995 Laywitness Jan.–Feb. 4/2 The invention of the pointed arch and the flying buttress made possible the soaring space. pointed blanket n. North American (now rare) = point blanket n. at point n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > bedclothes > [noun] > blanket > blanket made for or by North American Indians stroud1683 Indian blanket1714 pointed blanket1779 point blanket1783 mackinaw1836 Chilkat1890 Hudson Bay blanket1900 1779 in Beaver (1935) June 47/1 Sends samples of five different sorts of Pointed blankets with their respective prices per pair. 1956 Beaver Summer 50 It can be no coincidence that while Maugenest was in London enquiries were put in hand for Pointed blankets. 2002 Canada NewsWire (Nexis) 16 Oct. In December 1779, the Hudson's Bay Company London Committee approved the commissioning of Thomas Empson of Witney, Oxfordshire, to develop and produce ‘pointed’ blankets. pointed box n. Mining (now rare) a pyramid-shaped box in which ores are separated in a current of water. ΚΠ 1871 W. P. Blake Notices of Mining Machinery 241 This is another modification of the conical tubs or pointed boxes, but the shape is rectangular. 1893 T. Reunert Diamonds & Gold 58 The heavy deposit, with the diamonds, passes through the screens into pointed boxes below, whence it is drawn off at the lowest point of the box and taken to the sorting tables. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 794/1 Spitzkasten, an open pointed box or cone classifier, for the water-sizing of crushed ore. pointed fox n. Fur Trade dyed fur from a common fox to which white or silvery hairs have been added to make it resemble silver fox (cf. point v.¹ 4). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > skin or hide > skin with hair attached or fur > [noun] > of fox tod1482 fox1501 fox-skin1598 fox-case1610 pointed fox1902 1902 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 18 Jan. 12 (advt.) Sable fox and pointed fox long scarfs, with large tails. 1952 G. J. Lapick & J. Gelle Sci. Fur Servicing 7 In pointed fox the inserted hairs are generally all white. Derivatives † pointed-wise adv. Obsolete ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words (at cited word) A spícchio, made pointed-wise, like the streakes of the Sunne. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pointedadj.² Brit. /ˈpɔɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪn(t)ᵻd/ Forms: see point v.² and -ed suffix¹. Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Probably partly formed within English, by derivation. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: point v.², -ed suffix¹; appointed adj. Etymology: Probably partly < point v.² + -ed suffix¹, and partly aphetic < appointed adj. Now poetic and rare. = appointed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > fate or destiny as determining events > [adjective] > fated or predestined born1357 destinablec1374 destinalc1374 fatalc1374 predestinatec1384 foreordainedc1420 ordinate?a1425 destiny?1473 preordinatea1475 prefinitec1475 pointed1523 predestined1545 determined1546 ordinated1562 predestinated1571 preordained?1580 fore-appointeda1586 predeterminate1601 predetermined1601 destinated1604 destinate1605 destined1609 predesigned1668 predefinite1678 cut and dry1710 fated1715 weirded1820 laid-down1839 foreordinated1858 predesignated1883 predestinatory1893 preset1926 predefined1929 predestine1962 bashert1963 the mind > will > intention > planning > [adjective] > arranged besteda1350 tailyedc1485 prefixc1500 limited1517 pointed1523 prefixed?c1525 directed1727 pre-arranged1830 society > authority > command > command or bidding > [adjective] > ordaining, prescribing, or appointing > ordained, prescribed, or appointed setc1050 assignedc1374 ordaineda1382 peremptor1397 prescriptc1460 constitute1483 prescribedc1503 assigneea1513 stinteda1513 peremptory1513 pointed1523 appointed1535 state1581 statuted1606 stated1644 instituted1647 constituted1651 indictive1656 indicteda1706 issued1760 prescriptive1765 ordered1780 mandated1944 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 420 Before the quenes grace, In whose court poynted is your place. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxi. xii Thou shalt a-row Set them in pointed places. a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) iii. i. 19 Ile not be tied to howres, nor pointed times. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 126 At pointed Seasons. View more context for this quotation 1709 M. Prior Ode to Col. Villiers 17 in Poems (1711) 136 Pow'r, To hasten or protract the pointed Hour. a1864 J. Clare Early Poems (1989) II. 260 The 'pointed time was over shot. 1897 F. B. Coffin Poems 21 Only that coming day, 'Pointed hour make haste, She must stand 'fore her God, Past that solemn test. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹c1325adj.²1523
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