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fine⋅spun

  [fahyn-spuhn]
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–adjective
1. spun or drawn out to a fine thread.
2. highly or excessively refined or subtle.
Also, fine-spun.

Origin:
1640–50; fine 1 + spun
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Finespun

Fine"spun`\, a. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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