Dictionary entry

Pointed

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Point″ed (?), a. 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock.

2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing.

His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. Pope.

Pointed arch(Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. — Pointed style(Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; — more commonly called Gothic.

— Point″ed‐ly, adv. — Point″ed‐ness, n.