pointedness

[Eng. pointed; -ne .] I. Lit .: The quality or state of being pointed or sharp; sharpne . II. Figuratively : 1. Epigrammatical smartne ; wit. "That pointedne of thought which is visibly wanting in our great Roman."-Dryden: Juvenal. (Dedic.) 2. Direct or expre reference to some particular person or thing.