pickedness

English

Etymology

From picked +‎ -ness.

Noun

pickedness (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
2. (obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber

     Too much pickedness is not manly.

References

• “pickedness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.