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farfet

farfet adjective: far-fetched.

Adjective

farfet (comparative more farfet, superlative most farfet)

  1. (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...

Forms of farfet

comparativemore farfet
superlativemost farfet

Origin of farfet

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

Questions about farfet

What does farfet mean?
Farfet means far-fetched.
What part of speech is farfet?
Farfet is an adjective.

Words near farfet in the dictionary

  1. farfalloni
  2. Farfan
  3. Farfans
  4. farfara
  5. farfel
  6. farfet
  7. farfetch
  8. farfetched
  9. farfetchedly
  10. farfetchedness
  11. farfetches

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