| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| pontil |
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| SYLLABICATION: | pon·til |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  p n t l |
| NOUN: | See punty. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, possibly from Italian puntello, diminutive of punto, point, from Latin p nctum, from neuter past participle of pungere, to prick. See peuk- in Appendix I.
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