Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. "His moral pleases, not his pointed wit."
Pointed arch (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.
Pointed style (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; more commonly called Gothic.
... with Monasticism Gloomy aspect of the churches of the tenth and eleventh centuries Effect of the Crusades on church architecture Church architecture becomes cheerful The Gothic churches of France and Germany The English Mediaeval churches Glories of the pointed arch Effect of the Renaissance on architecture Mongrel style of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Revival of the pure gothic Churches should be adapted to their uses Incongruity of Protestantism with ritualistic architecture Protestantism ... — Beacon Lights of History, Volume V • John Lord Read full book for free!
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