† point-viceadj.adv.

Forms: 1500s poynt-vice, 1600s point-vise, 1600s (1800s English regional (northern)) point-vice.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: point-device adj.

Etymology: Shortened < point-device adj.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

Perfect; exact.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] > strict, rigorous

just1490

nicea1522

point-devicea1529

exact1533

narrow1551

rigorousa1564

point-vice1574

curious1614

rigid?1626

hard1690

strict1749

deadly1909

1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. P2 With all thinges poynt vice, and fit for the nonce, Foorth came Pluto, and Proserpin the Queene.

a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) ii. l. 208 Your beard is point-vice, not a haire amisse.

a1607 T. Brightman Revelation of Revelation (1615) 48 Men..who thinke all that to be point-vice, which they read to haue been in vse in these tymes.

1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 112 To chastice his very method and phrase, if hee speake loosely, or impertinently, or but improperly, and if euery thing bee not point-vise.

1849 F. T. Dinsdale Gloss. Provincial Words Teesdale 97 Point-vice, exact, perfect. The term is applied to any one who is neat and nice in person.

1871 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 7 255 Oh! he is a very particular man, and will have everything about his place point vice.

B. adv.

Perfectly; exactly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly

strait1338

smally1340

at point devicec1390

point-devicec1425

precisely1526

to the point device1542

just1549

rigorously1561

by the square1570

curiously1573

by point device1575

in print1576

to a tittle1597

nicelya1616

to a hair's breadtha1616

point-vice1641

to a nicka1680

to a cow's thumb1681

to a tee1693

narrowly1708

scrupulously1712

to a dot1728

perjinkly1775

to a nicety1795

astringently1866

to a fit1890

1641 R. Brathwait Ladies Love-lecture in Times Treasury (1652) 440 Hee would (in regard of the rarity of the cut) be trimmed point-vice to his apparell.

a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: 9th & 10th Bks. (1657) x. 686 Each dispensation must answer his expectation point vice, or else it wil not down.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 179 Clamour against the Times, because everything is not point-vise just as we would have it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	point-vice
释义	† point-viceadj.adv. Forms: 1500s poynt-vice, 1600s point-vise, 1600s (1800s English regional (northern)) point-vice. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: point-device adj. Etymology: Shortened < point-device adj. Obsolete. A. adj. Perfect; exact. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adjective] > strict, rigorous just1490 nicea1522 point-devicea1529 exact1533 narrow1551 rigorousa1564 point-vice1574 curious1614 rigid?1626 hard1690 strict1749 deadly1909 1574 R. Robinson Rewarde of Wickednesse sig. P2 With all thinges poynt vice, and fit for the nonce, Foorth came Pluto, and Proserpin the Queene. a1607 H. Chettle Trag. Hoffman (1631) ii. l. 208 Your beard is point-vice, not a haire amisse. a1607 T. Brightman Revelation of Revelation (1615) 48 Men..who thinke all that to be point-vice, which they read to haue been in vse in these tymes. 1627 R. Sanderson Ten Serm. 112 To chastice his very method and phrase, if hee speake loosely, or impertinently, or but improperly, and if euery thing bee not point-vise. 1849 F. T. Dinsdale Gloss. Provincial Words Teesdale 97 Point-vice, exact, perfect. The term is applied to any one who is neat and nice in person. 1871 Notes & Queries 4th Ser. 7 255 Oh! he is a very particular man, and will have everything about his place point vice. B. adv. Perfectly; exactly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > exactness, accuracy, precision > [adverb] > strictly strait1338 smally1340 at point devicec1390 point-devicec1425 precisely1526 to the point device1542 just1549 rigorously1561 by the square1570 curiously1573 by point device1575 in print1576 to a tittle1597 nicelya1616 to a hair's breadtha1616 point-vice1641 to a nicka1680 to a cow's thumb1681 to a tee1693 narrowly1708 scrupulously1712 to a dot1728 perjinkly1775 to a nicety1795 astringently1866 to a fit1890 1641 R. Brathwait Ladies Love-lecture in Times Treasury (1652) 440 Hee would (in regard of the rarity of the cut) be trimmed point-vice to his apparell. a1647 T. Hooker Applic. of Redempt.: 9th & 10th Bks. (1657) x. 686 Each dispensation must answer his expectation point vice, or else it wil not down. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 179 Clamour against the Times, because everything is not point-vise just as we would have it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.adv.1574
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