Definition: pointedness

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

pointedness
     n : the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point [syn: point]
         [ant: unpointedness]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Pointed \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.