finespun Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety
    delicate.
    • the satire touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human pretense
  2. adjective satellite developed in excessively fine detail
    hairsplitting.
    • finespun distinctions

WordNet

Fine"spun` adjective
Definitions
  1. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.

Webster 1913