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单词 point-device
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Definition of point-device in English:

point-device

(also point-devise)
adverb ˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs
archaic
  • Completely, perfectly, in every point; to perfection.

adjective ˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs
archaic
  • Perfectly correct or precise, especially in matters of dress or appearance; scrupulous, neat, fastidious.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently from point + device, at first in the phrase at point device, perhaps after Anglo-Norman en poynt devis, probably ‘on the appointed square (in the game of chess)’, in which devis apparently shows the adjective devis (either from classical Latin dīvīsum, past participle of dīvidere, or from Anglo-Norman and Old French deviser).

Definition of point-device in US English:

point-device

(also point-devise)
adverbˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs
archaic
  • Completely, perfectly, in every point; to perfection.

adjectiveˌpɔɪntdɪˈvʌɪs
archaic
  • Perfectly correct or precise, especially in matters of dress or appearance; scrupulous, neat, fastidious.

Origin

Late Middle English (in an earlier sense). Apparently from point + device, at first in the phrase at point device, perhaps after Anglo-Norman en poynt devis, probably ‘on the appointed square (in the game of chess)’, in which devis apparently shows the adjective devis (either from classical Latin dīvīsum, past participle of dīvidere, or from Anglo-Norman and Old French deviser).

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