farfet

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

farfet (comparative more farfet, superlative most farfet)

1. (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

• “farfet”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• affret