Hypertext Webster Gateway: "finespun"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Finespun \Fine"spun`\, a.
Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated;
hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
finespun
adj 1: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire
touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human
pretense" [syn: {delicate}]
2: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun
distinctions" [syn: {hairsplitting}]
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