farfet
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English ferfet, fer yfett, ferre-i-fet, equivalent to far + fet (past participle of obsolete fet (“to fetch”)).
Adjective[edit]
farfet (comparative more farfet, superlative most farfet)
- (obsolete) far-fetched
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- York with his farfet policy
Had been the regent there instead of me, ' He never would have staid in France so long.
References[edit]
- “farfet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.