Lexicographical Neighbors of Farfetchedness
Literary usage of Farfetchedness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Volume 93 by Harvard University (1896)
"Frederic D. Allen. been troubled by the frigidity and farfetchedness of this
comparison. Chin on hand is a common enough posture, which cannot have been ..."
2. The Theory of Determinants in the Historical Order of Development by Thomas Muir (1906)
"The mode of proof is interesting from its farfetchedness and ingenuity, but need
not be given in full generality or in the original notation; ..."
3. Life of Bishop John Wordsworth by Edward William Watson (1915)
"... who recognised the charm of the lesser poet, was refractory in the case of
Pindar. " I never got over the sense of strain and farfetchedness," he says. ..."
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