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English Dictionary: finespun by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
finespun
adj
  1. developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense"
    Synonym(s): finespun, delicate
  2. developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"
    Synonym(s): finespun, hairsplitting
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.
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