wiredrawn comparisons

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• wiredrawn — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from past participle of wiredraw : drawn out long and fine like wire : excessively minute and fine wiredrawn comparisons Virginia Woolf wiredrawn theories * * * /wuyeur drawn /, adj. 1. drawn out long and thin like …   Useful english dictionary

• wiredrawn — adjective Date: 1603 excessively minute and subtle < curious speculations, wiredrawn comparisons, obsolete erudition Virginia Woolf > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wiredrawn — /wuyeur drawn /, adj. 1. drawn out long and thin like a wire. 2. (of ideas, comparisons, etc.) finely spun; extremely intricate; minute. [1595 1605; WIRE + DRAWN] * * * …   Universalium