"wiredrawn" meaning in All languages combined

See wiredrawn on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more wiredrawn [comparative], most wiredrawn [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} wiredrawn (comparative more wiredrawn, superlative most wiredrawn)
  1. Tenuous; excessively refined; strained or forced.
    Sense id: en-wiredrawn-en-adj-QNL7zPcm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9

Verb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} wiredrawn
  1. past participle of wiredraw Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: wiredraw
    Sense id: en-wiredrawn-en-verb-QCjIg6ZZ
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          "ref": "1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 43:",
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