E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Point-devise.
Punctilious: minutely exact. Holofernes says, “I abhor such insociable and point de vise companions, such rackers of orthography.” (French, point de vise.)
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“You are rather point de vise in your accoutrements.”—Shakespeare: As You Like It, iii. 2.
