Meanings
adjectivefarfet (comparative more farfet, superlative most farfet)
comparative more farfet · superlative most farfet
- obsoletefar-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]
Origin
- Middle Englishferfet
- Englishfarfet
From Middle English ferfet, fer yfett, ferre-i-fet, equivalent to far + fet (past participle of obsolete fet (“to fetch”)).
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