wiredrawn

[ wahyuhr-drawn ]

adjective

1. drawn draw out long and thin like a wire.
2. (of ideas, comparisons, etc.) finely spun; extremely intricate; minute.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wiredrawn¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; wire + drawn

Example Sentences

Decadence is foreshadowed, but not yet is the art academic and wiredrawn.

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He fails to make it either straightforward or appropriate, and declines into the super-subtle or wiredrawn.

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The other letter consists of the usual wiredrawn argument for fatalism.

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They did not consist of a series of wiredrawn dissertations upon isolated texts.

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