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Found 3 hits - Term: finespun, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
finespun \fine"spun`\, a.
   spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated;
   hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
delicate hairsplitting 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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





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