wiredrawn

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adjective

Tenuous; excessively refined; strained or forced.

Scrabble 16
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of wiredraw
adjectivewiredrawn (comparative more wiredrawn, superlative most wiredrawn)

comparative more wiredrawn · superlative most wiredrawn

  1. Tenuous; excessively refined; strained or forced.

    ‘I very much doubt whether they’ll be able to make this pot-walloping mugwump of an Abbot understand their wire-drawn deductions,’ said Silvander Dan.

    1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43
Cite this entry
APA

wiredrawn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiredrawn

MLA

“wiredrawn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiredrawn. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wiredrawn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wiredrawn.

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