far-fetched

See also: farfetched and far fetched

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  • Rhymes: -ɛtʃt

Adjective

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

  1. (obsolete) Brought from far away.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , 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
    He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.
    Synonyms: outlandish, wild, impractical

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