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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state of being sharpened; pointedness.

Fineness; spruceness; smartness.

[Obs.]

Too much

pickedness

is not manly.

B. Jonson.

Noun.

State of being pointed at the end; sharpness.

Foppery; spruceness.

pickedness ‎(uncountable)

(obsolete) The state of being sharpened or pointed.
(obsolete) fineness; spruceness; smartness
Too much pickedness is not manly. — Ben Jonson.