"airdrawn" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: air + drawn Etymology templates: {{compound|en|air|drawn}} air + drawn Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} airdrawn (not comparable)
  1. visionary; imaginary; lacking foundation in reality Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-airdrawn-en-adj-dwh5lAoq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "But neither the justice of Kennaston's airdrawn surmises, nor their wildness, matters; the point is that they made of him a vestryman who in appearance and speech and actions, and in essential beliefs, differed not at all from his associates […]",
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