point-devise

I abhor such fanatical phantasimes, such insociable and point-devise companions; such rackers of orthography...

Shakespeare's Insult 22-23 July 2006 kradical 2006

I abhor such fanatical phantasimes, such insociable and point-devise companions; such rackers of orthography, as to speak dout, fine, when he should say doubt; det, when he should pronounce debt, — d,

Love’s Labour ’s Lost 2004

I will baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross acquaintance, I will be point-devise the very man.

Twelfth Night; or, What You Will 2004

I will be proud, I will read politic authors, I will baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross acquaintance, I will be point-devise the very man.

Act II. Scene V. Twelfth-Night; or, What You Will 1914

Dressed point-devise, he was once more every inch a fop.

A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912

I may just mention that I never saw any thing to equal the _point-devise_ of her underclothing.

The Vicar's Daughter George MacDonald 1864

Take, for instance, Master Holofernes's vituperation of Don Adrian de Armado in _Love's Labour Lost_, and see what you can make of it: 'I abhor such phantasms, such insociable and point-devise companions, such rackers of orthography, as to speak

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 460 Volume 18, New Series, October 23, 1852 Various 1841

I will baffle Sir Toby, I will wash off gross acquaintance, I will be point-devise the very man.

Twelfth Night; or What You Will 1601

I abhor such fanatical phantasimes, such insociable and point-devise companions; such rackers of orthography, as to speak dout, fine, when he should say doubt; det, when he should pronounce debt, -- d,

Love's Labour's Lost 1594