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}]