pointyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɔɪnti/, U.S.

/ˈpɔɪn(t)i/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: point n.¹, -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < point n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

rare before late 19th cent.

a. Pointed; having points; characterized by pointedness.

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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

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xv. 130 I haue seen some very high, and pointy spire steeples do the like.

1706 tr. M. G. Purmann Chirurgia Curiosa i. iv. 13 A Lancet..which is indifferent broad, very sharp, but not too pointy.

1866–7 R. H. Gross Compar. Materia Medica 459/1 Easily irritated or offended; cannot bear to see pointy things.

1896 Harper's Mag. Nov. 879/1 You see this little silver dagger... It's rather pointy, but not at all dangerous.

1906 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 3/4 Puck of the pointy-ears.

1927 J. Masefield Midnight Folk 113 She has..pointy, black shiny shoes.

1953 A. Miller Crucible i. 20 Let either of you breathe a word,..and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you.

1975 J. McClure Snake ix. 116 Her nails..were long and pointy.

2001 C. Hope Heaven Forbid vi. 64 The floor-walker wore his black jacket and black tie and pointy collar and he said: ‘Good day, madam, good day, young sir.’

b. Of a person's head: narrowing towards the top (frequently with the implication that the person lacks intelligence or common sense); (hence) foolish, silly. Cf. pointy-head n. 1.

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1952 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 30 Sept. 4/6 The bastille is about to fall again, this time, I hope, right on the little pointy heads of the Paris couturiers.

1965 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 22 Nov. 12- t/3 Or am I writing a soap opera inside my pointy head?

1998 Independent 17 Aug. i. 5/1 Clever clogs, Vulcans and those with ‘pointy heads’ will never have much political credibility.

1999 E. Friedman Then Again 60 Too bad about the pointy head and the herpe on her lip.

2. Of a fleece: having many points; bearing wool of uneven length.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > other

bagging1732

super-head1800

burly1805

felting1805

Tibet1827

pointy1844

motey1851

blue1884

shivey1884

shafty1891

lofty1909

1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 891 A good fleece should have the points of all its staples of equal length, otherwise it will be a pointy one.

1851 H. Stephens Farmer's Guide Sci. & Pract. Agric. II. 211/1 A pointy, watery, or dirty fleece creates much waste to the manufacturer.

1918 C. Goulter Jrnl. Oct. in M. C. Goulter Keeper of Sheep xxi. 146 The last young ones were not in so good a condition and the wool was rather pointy in some of them.

2014 B. Smith Spinner's Bk. of Fleece ii. 29/1 Longer, pointy locks with wave or purl rather than crimp are usually longwools.

3. figurative. Pithy, incisive, acute; trenchant, stinging. Cf. pointed adj.¹ 5b, 5d. Now rare.

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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

1883 Daily News (Frederick, Maryland) 22 Dec. The presentation speech was made by master Henry Wineburg, and replied to by Mr. Sheppard in a few pointy remarks.

1995 Polit. Theory 23 490 This makes his smirking much less pointy than that of your footman or valet de chambre, or chambermaids.

2004 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 13 Aug. b1 When pinned down by some pointy questions about why the province isn't contributing anything but best wishes towards the construction of the school, she had this to say.

Compounds

In parasynthetic compounds.

pointy-eared adj.

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1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 7 They saw a small, brown, broad-shouldered, pointy-eared person with a snub nose.

1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Mag.) 32 The shoes..look as if they were produced not by human hands but by those of industrious, pointy-eared elves.

pointy-toed adj.

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1951 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 27 June 4/5 Those old pointy-toed slippers.

1996 Independent 6 Feb. ii.12/1 A low-slung, pointy-toed, slingback shoe.

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

单词	pointy
释义	pointyadj. Brit. /ˈpɔɪnti/, U.S. /ˈpɔɪn(t)i/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: point n.¹, -y suffix¹. Etymology: < point n.¹ + -y suffix¹. rare before late 19th cent. 1. a. Pointed; having points; characterized by pointedness. 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 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xv. 130 I haue seen some very high, and pointy spire steeples do the like. 1706 tr. M. G. Purmann Chirurgia Curiosa i. iv. 13 A Lancet..which is indifferent broad, very sharp, but not too pointy. 1866–7 R. H. Gross Compar. Materia Medica 459/1 Easily irritated or offended; cannot bear to see pointy things. 1896 Harper's Mag. Nov. 879/1 You see this little silver dagger... It's rather pointy, but not at all dangerous. 1906 Daily Chron. 2 Oct. 3/4 Puck of the pointy-ears. 1927 J. Masefield Midnight Folk 113 She has..pointy, black shiny shoes. 1953 A. Miller Crucible i. 20 Let either of you breathe a word,..and I will bring a pointy reckoning that will shudder you. 1975 J. McClure Snake ix. 116 Her nails..were long and pointy. 2001 C. Hope Heaven Forbid vi. 64 The floor-walker wore his black jacket and black tie and pointy collar and he said: ‘Good day, madam, good day, young sir.’ b. Of a person's head: narrowing towards the top (frequently with the implication that the person lacks intelligence or common sense); (hence) foolish, silly. Cf. pointy-head n. 1. ΚΠ 1952 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 30 Sept. 4/6 The bastille is about to fall again, this time, I hope, right on the little pointy heads of the Paris couturiers. 1965 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 22 Nov. 12- t/3 Or am I writing a soap opera inside my pointy head? 1998 Independent 17 Aug. i. 5/1 Clever clogs, Vulcans and those with ‘pointy heads’ will never have much political credibility. 1999 E. Friedman Then Again 60 Too bad about the pointy head and the herpe on her lip. 2. Of a fleece: having many points; bearing wool of uneven length. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [adjective] > other bagging1732 super-head1800 burly1805 felting1805 Tibet1827 pointy1844 motey1851 blue1884 shivey1884 shafty1891 lofty1909 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 891 A good fleece should have the points of all its staples of equal length, otherwise it will be a pointy one. 1851 H. Stephens Farmer's Guide Sci. & Pract. Agric. II. 211/1 A pointy, watery, or dirty fleece creates much waste to the manufacturer. 1918 C. Goulter Jrnl. Oct. in M. C. Goulter Keeper of Sheep xxi. 146 The last young ones were not in so good a condition and the wool was rather pointy in some of them. 2014 B. Smith Spinner's Bk. of Fleece ii. 29/1 Longer, pointy locks with wave or purl rather than crimp are usually longwools. 3. figurative. Pithy, incisive, acute; trenchant, stinging. Cf. pointed adj.¹ 5b, 5d. Now rare. 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 1883 Daily News (Frederick, Maryland) 22 Dec. The presentation speech was made by master Henry Wineburg, and replied to by Mr. Sheppard in a few pointy remarks. 1995 Polit. Theory 23 490 This makes his smirking much less pointy than that of your footman or valet de chambre, or chambermaids. 2004 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 13 Aug. b1 When pinned down by some pointy questions about why the province isn't contributing anything but best wishes towards the construction of the school, she had this to say. Compounds In parasynthetic compounds. pointy-eared adj. ΚΠ 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 7 They saw a small, brown, broad-shouldered, pointy-eared person with a snub nose. 1998 Sunday Tel. 25 Jan. (Mag.) 32 The shoes..look as if they were produced not by human hands but by those of industrious, pointy-eared elves. pointy-toed adj. ΚΠ 1951 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 27 June 4/5 Those old pointy-toed slippers. 1996 Independent 6 Feb. ii.12/1 A low-slung, pointy-toed, slingback shoe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1644
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