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