POINTED
ADJECTIVES
► ACULEATE pointed, incisive, stinging → 1605
► NEAPED pointed; terminating in a peak → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► PEAKY ► PEEKY sharply pointed → 1869 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PICKED sharp-pointed → 1791 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► ACULEATION the state of being sharpened or pointed → 1870
► AICHMOPHOBIA an abnormal fear of pointed objects → 1991 (Bk.)
► AICHUROPHOBIA fear of points or pointed objects → 2008 (Bk.)
VERBS
► ACUMINATE to sharpen, to make pointed; to give poignancy or keenness to → 1611
► FASTIGATE to make pointed; to become pointed → 1623 obs.
► FASTIGIATE to make pointed at the top like a gable; to taper to a point → 1656
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