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farfetch

/ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/

farfetch noun: anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.

Noun

farfetch (plural farfetches)

  1. (obsolete) Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
    • But Jesuits have deeper reaches
      In all their politic far-fetches1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “(please specify the page)”, in Hudibras. The First Part. […], London: […] J. G. for Richard Marriot, […], →OCLC
  2. Long distance
    • "`Come!' I said, for I thought she wandered. `Eat of the food and let us be gone. It is a far fetch from here to Akatan.'1900 April 7, Jack London, “(please specify the page number(s))”, in The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC

Forms of farfetch

pluralfarfetches

Origin of farfetch

From far + fetch.

Questions about farfetch

What does farfetch mean?
Farfetch means anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.
What part of speech is farfetch?
Farfetch is a noun.
How do you pronounce farfetch?
Farfetch is pronounced /ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/.
What is the plural of farfetch?
The plural of farfetch is farfetches.

Words near farfetch in the dictionary

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

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