Meaning of FINESPUN
| Pronunciation: | | 'fIn'spun
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- [adj] developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"
- [adj] developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
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| | Synonyms: | | delicate, hairsplitting, precise, refined |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fine"spun`\, a.
Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated;
hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
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| | Related Terms: | | airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, dainty, delicate, diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, gauzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, hairline, hairsplitting, insubstantial, lacy, light, misty, nice, papery, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, satin, satiny, silky, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thinnish, thin-set, thin-spun, threadlike, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy |
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