farfet

adj

farfet

adj

Etymology From Middle English ferfet, fer yfett, ferre-i-fet, equivalent to far + fet (past participle of obsolete fet (“to fetch”)).

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Obsolete far-fetched

  • York with his farfet policy Had been the regent there instead of me, ' He never would have staid in France so long.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]:

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