fine-drawnadj.

Brit.

/ˌfʌɪnˈdrɔːn/, U.S.

/ˌfaɪnˈdrɔn/,

/ˌfaɪnˈdrɑn/

Forms: see fine adj., adv., and n.² and draw v.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fine adv., English drawn , draw v.

Etymology: < fine adv. + drawn, past participle of draw v.

a. Drawn or spun out to a very thin, narrow, or fine form. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative and in figurative contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons

refined1598

polite1601

inlanda1616

researched1636

spirituel1673

elegant1691

kid-gloved1848

kid glove1856

fine-drawn1876

rose water1883

sophisticated1895

subtle1904

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. iii. 73 b A garlande of fine drawen gold [Fr. fin or trait].]

1591 R. Hitchcock in W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre To Rdr. sig. A4^v Ample and fine drawne plots, goodly plotformes, needfull inuentions.

1669 Addr. Hopeful Young Gentry 26 Who but computes the Drapery which curious invention has spun us out of all the parts of the inferiour creation; some from its very bowels as fine drawn as the web of Arachne.

?1775 Monody Memory Lady who lately died at Bath 12 Not that thy wond'rous fine drawn Silver Sounds, Excell'd, or even equall'd many a Tongue.

1788 S. Rowson Inquisitor III. 64 Till his [sc. Time] sharp scithe [printed sicthe] shall cut life's fine-drawn thread.

1876 T. S. Egan tr. H. Heine Atta Troll 249 ‘The fine-drawn aristocrats From hence will soon be starting...’ Alas, the nobility all are still here, And many a fop I can tell 'ee.

1884 R. Marryat in 19th Cent. May 840 Struggling against that fine-drawn network of circumstance.

1937 Sci. News Let. 2 Jan. 5 (caption) Dr. Yeager's ‘mechanocardiograph’ is made of a fine-drawn hollow thread of glass.

1960 Musical Times 101 311/1 Set against the fine-drawn silver of Mr. Björling's singing, Rosanna Carteri seemed at first a coarse-voiced Mimi.

2002 A. K. Kulshreshtha in A. K. Kulshreshtha & C. Vasile Handbk. Polymer Blends & Composites I. i. 11 Similar and other related ways of incorporating fine-drawn glass fibres were used by Venetian glass makers.

b. Esp. of a horse: reduced in weight or fat by exercise or training; thin or lean, esp. excessively so. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > making > by training

fine-drawn1840

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [adjective] > very thin

fine-drawn1840

waferish1866

tissuey1867

wafery1880

wafer-thina1911

paper-thin1929

micro-thin1945

skin-thin1946

1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1699 He may go through a very long and severe run, and yet return comparatively but little finer drawn than when he went out.

1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene ii. xii. 333 Many men are ‘overtrained’, i.e., too fine-drawn from absorption of fat.

1955 Times 10 May 5/6 All the horses in training..are well muscled up and big and hard, though they will all look rather more fine-drawn on May 20.

1972 Times 24 Oct. 18 Mayor John Lindsay..is extremely handsome though he looks very fine drawn.

2. Of a theory, argument, analysis, etc.: founded on or characterized by flawed or specious reasoning or exaggeration; (also) long-winded or convoluted. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [adjective]

fallacious?1473

sophistical1483

Jesuitish1602

sophistic1605

Jesuitical1613

Jesuitic1640

casuistical1648

specious1651

casuistic1660

casual1672

fine-drawn1681

scholastic1700

scholasticated1772

verbalistic1879

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective] > marked by reason, well-reasoned > not

slender?1531

fine-drawn1887

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective]

hyperbolical?a1475

overchargeda1542

magnificate1568

amplified1580

superlative1586

fulsome1602

hyperthetical?1611

hyperbolous1638

hyperbolic1646

bloata1657

exaggerated1725

overshot1774

overstuffed1808

overdrawn1841

fine-drawn1888

steep1895

larger-than-life1937

blown-up1961

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix

tedious1412

prolix?a1475

prolixtc1485

longa1525

prolixious1577

long-winded1589

long-drawn1592

wire-drawn1603

long-breatheda1628

long-spun1633

pedalian1636

oblong1643

lacinious1648

long-lunged1660

lengthened1705

libertine1710

lengthy1759

incompendious1833

lengthsome1836

spun1869

lengtheninga1872

fine-drawn1888

1681 T. Rymer Gen. Draught Governm. Europe 3 Their [sc. Municipal Lawyers] small niceties, and their subtleties, and their inferences, are too fine drawn to bear or support a matter of this weight and circumference.

1735 J. Douglas Animadversions on Osteographia 9 The specious, fine-drawn, florid Theories and Hypotheses.

1836 Monthly Rev. Feb. 226 Mrs. Child..does not trouble herself with some fine-drawn theory, and squeeze within its compass the women of all ages and nations.

1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 23 Fine-drawn analyses of the Rights of Man.

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Fine-draw That story is too fine-drawn—i.e. grossly exaggerated.

1993 J. McManners Oxf. Hist. Christianity viii. 302 But these fine-drawn controversies at least had the merit of keeping Lutheran thought Christocentric.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fine-drawn
释义	fine-drawnadj. Brit. /ˌfʌɪnˈdrɔːn/, U.S. /ˌfaɪnˈdrɔn/, /ˌfaɪnˈdrɑn/ Forms: see fine adj., adv., and n.² and draw v. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: fine adv., English drawn , draw v. Etymology: < fine adv. + drawn, past participle of draw v. 1. a. Drawn or spun out to a very thin, narrow, or fine form. Frequently (and in earliest use) figurative and in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > [adjective] > specifically of persons refined1598 polite1601 inlanda1616 researched1636 spirituel1673 elegant1691 kid-gloved1848 kid glove1856 fine-drawn1876 rose water1883 sophisticated1895 subtle1904 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie ii. iii. 73 b A garlande of fine drawen gold [Fr. fin or trait].] 1591 R. Hitchcock in W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre To Rdr. sig. A4^v Ample and fine drawne plots, goodly plotformes, needfull inuentions. 1669 Addr. Hopeful Young Gentry 26 Who but computes the Drapery which curious invention has spun us out of all the parts of the inferiour creation; some from its very bowels as fine drawn as the web of Arachne. ?1775 Monody Memory Lady who lately died at Bath 12 Not that thy wond'rous fine drawn Silver Sounds, Excell'd, or even equall'd many a Tongue. 1788 S. Rowson Inquisitor III. 64 Till his [sc. Time] sharp scithe [printed sicthe] shall cut life's fine-drawn thread. 1876 T. S. Egan tr. H. Heine Atta Troll 249 ‘The fine-drawn aristocrats From hence will soon be starting...’ Alas, the nobility all are still here, And many a fop I can tell 'ee. 1884 R. Marryat in 19th Cent. May 840 Struggling against that fine-drawn network of circumstance. 1937 Sci. News Let. 2 Jan. 5 (caption) Dr. Yeager's ‘mechanocardiograph’ is made of a fine-drawn hollow thread of glass. 1960 Musical Times 101 311/1 Set against the fine-drawn silver of Mr. Björling's singing, Rosanna Carteri seemed at first a coarse-voiced Mimi. 2002 A. K. Kulshreshtha in A. K. Kulshreshtha & C. Vasile Handbk. Polymer Blends & Composites I. i. 11 Similar and other related ways of incorporating fine-drawn glass fibres were used by Venetian glass makers. b. Esp. of a horse: reduced in weight or fat by exercise or training; thin or lean, esp. excessively so. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > bodily shape or physique > slim shape or physique > [adjective] > making > by training fine-drawn1840 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [adjective] > very thin fine-drawn1840 waferish1866 tissuey1867 wafery1880 wafer-thina1911 paper-thin1929 micro-thin1945 skin-thin1946 1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports §1699 He may go through a very long and severe run, and yet return comparatively but little finer drawn than when he went out. 1864 E. A. Parkes Man. Pract. Hygiene ii. xii. 333 Many men are ‘overtrained’, i.e., too fine-drawn from absorption of fat. 1955 Times 10 May 5/6 All the horses in training..are well muscled up and big and hard, though they will all look rather more fine-drawn on May 20. 1972 Times 24 Oct. 18 Mayor John Lindsay..is extremely handsome though he looks very fine drawn. 2. Of a theory, argument, analysis, etc.: founded on or characterized by flawed or specious reasoning or exaggeration; (also) long-winded or convoluted. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > [adjective] fallacious?1473 sophistical1483 Jesuitish1602 sophistic1605 Jesuitical1613 Jesuitic1640 casuistical1648 specious1651 casuistic1660 casual1672 fine-drawn1681 scholastic1700 scholasticated1772 verbalistic1879 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [adjective] > marked by reason, well-reasoned > not slender?1531 fine-drawn1887 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > exaggeration, hyperbole > [adjective] hyperbolical?a1475 overchargeda1542 magnificate1568 amplified1580 superlative1586 fulsome1602 hyperthetical?1611 hyperbolous1638 hyperbolic1646 bloata1657 exaggerated1725 overshot1774 overstuffed1808 overdrawn1841 fine-drawn1888 steep1895 larger-than-life1937 blown-up1961 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > prolix tedious1412 prolix?a1475 prolixtc1485 longa1525 prolixious1577 long-winded1589 long-drawn1592 wire-drawn1603 long-breatheda1628 long-spun1633 pedalian1636 oblong1643 lacinious1648 long-lunged1660 lengthened1705 libertine1710 lengthy1759 incompendious1833 lengthsome1836 spun1869 lengtheninga1872 fine-drawn1888 1681 T. Rymer Gen. Draught Governm. Europe 3 Their [sc. Municipal Lawyers] small niceties, and their subtleties, and their inferences, are too fine drawn to bear or support a matter of this weight and circumference. 1735 J. Douglas Animadversions on Osteographia 9 The specious, fine-drawn, florid Theories and Hypotheses. 1836 Monthly Rev. Feb. 226 Mrs. Child..does not trouble herself with some fine-drawn theory, and squeeze within its compass the women of all ages and nations. 1887 J. R. Lowell Democracy & Other Addr. 23 Fine-drawn analyses of the Rights of Man. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. at Fine-draw That story is too fine-drawn—i.e. grossly exaggerated. 1993 J. McManners Oxf. Hist. Christianity viii. 302 But these fine-drawn controversies at least had the merit of keeping Lutheran thought Christocentric. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1591
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