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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

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far-fetched (comparative more far-fetched, superlative most far-fetched)

  1. (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 […].
  2. Not likely; difficult to believe; outlandish; wild; impractical.
    He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

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