Finespun

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finespun \Fine"spun`\, a.
     Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated;
     hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "finespun":
     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, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish,
     threadlike, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered,
     watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy