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Webster 1828 Edition
Far-fetched
F'AR-FETCHED
, a.1.
Brought from a remote place.Whose pains have earned the far-fetched spoil.
2.
Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.York with all his far-fetched policy.
So we say, far-fetched arguments; far-fetched rhymes; far-fetched analogy. [Far-fet, the same, is not used.]
Definition 2024
far-fetched
far-fetched
See also: farfetched and far fetched
English
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Adjective
far-fetched (comparative more far-fetched, superlative most far-fetched)
- (obsolete) Brought from far away.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.1.ii:
- it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […].
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.4.1.ii:
- Not likely; difficult to believe; outlandish; wild; impractical.
- He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.
Translations
not likely
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