point-de|vice

point-de|vice
point-de|vice, point-de|vise or point-de|vyse «POYNT dih VYS», adjective, adverb. Archaic.
–adj.
2. scrupulously nice or neat.
–adv.
[Middle English at poynt devys; origin uncertain]

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