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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fine·spun /ˈfaɪnˈspʌn/
 (a.)細紡的,纖細的,過分精密的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fine·spun a. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
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From: 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]