wiredrawn

[ wahyuhr-drawn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1595–1605; wire + drawn

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

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

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

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

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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