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Definition of Farfetched
1. Adjective. Highly imaginative but unlikely. "An implausible explanation"
Definition of Farfetched
1. a. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
Definition of Farfetched
1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of far-fetched) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farfetched
Literary usage of Farfetched
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of the Industrial Commission by United States Industrial Commission, James Henderson Kyle, Albert Clarke (1901)
"Q. I think perhaps that is farfetched. I do not want to dispute it. however, but
I air inclined to think you are mistaken about that. ..."
2. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1885)
"Iicai is rather farfetched, as the meanings are wot quite alike. ... liana is
rather farfetched, and $- might do equally well; for pet (the entering tone of ..."
3. The History of the Kings of Rome: With a Prefatory Dissertation on Its by Thomas Henry Dyer (1868)
"The next argument drawn from the first four kings representing the constituent
parts of the nation, is founded on one of those farfetched and mysterious ..."
4. The History of the Kings of Rome: With a Prefatory Dissertation on Its by Thomas Henry Dyer (1868)
"The next argument drawn from the first four kings representing the constituent
parts of the nation, is founded on one of those farfetched and mysterious ..."
5. Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom by Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) (1893)
"The only " farfetched animal" is the lion, but then, he is very farfetched indeed.
How did a story with such an animal in it get to Barra ?3 The explanation ..."
6. Contributions to the Science of Mythology by Friedrich Max Müller (1897)
"I know, of course, that scholars who are determined to deny any relationship
between Sanskrit and classical mythology, will call this very farfetched. ..."
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