finespun

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

finespun
    adj 1: developed with extreme delicacy and subtlety; "the satire
           touches with finespun ridicule every kind of human
           pretense" [syn: {finespun}, {delicate}]
    2: developed in excessively fine detail; "finespun distinctions"
       [syn: {finespun}, {hairsplitting}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Finespun \Fine"spun`\, a.
   Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated;
   hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

68 Moby Thesaurus words for "finespun":
      airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, dainty, delicate, diaphanous,
      diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained,
      flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, gauzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery,
      gracile, hairline, hairsplitting, insubstantial, lacy, light,
      misty, nice, papery, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, satin,
      satiny, silky, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim,
      slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte, sylphlike,
      tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish,
      threadlike, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered,
      watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy