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finedrawn

adj

Etymology

From fine + drawn.

  1. inherited from drau
  2. derived from *dʰregʰ-✻ — “to pull, draw”
  3. inherited from *draganą✻ — “to carry; to pull, draw”
  4. inherited from *dragan✻ — “to carry; to haul”
  5. inherited from dragan — “to drag, draw”
  6. inherited from drauen
  7. suffixed as drawn — “draw + n”
  8. compounded as finedrawn — “fine + drawn”

Definitions

  1. Excessively subtlety, or overnice.

    • finedrawn speculations
    • a finedrawn sneer

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA