pickedness

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pickedness \Pick"ed*ness\, n.
   1. The state of being sharpened; pointedness.
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   2. Fineness; spruceness; smartness. [Obs.]
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            Too much pickedness is not manly.     --B. Jonson.
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