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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PICKEDNESS

n.State of being pointed at the end; sharpness. 1. Foppery; spruceness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.