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farther-fetched

farther-fetched is the comparative form of far-fetched.

Meaning of far-fetched

Adjective

far-fetched (comparative more far-fetched or (rare) further-fetched or (rare) farther-fetched, superlative most far-fetched or (rare) furthest-fetched or (rare) farthest-fetched)

  1. (obsolete) Brought from far away.
    • it may be, if like industry were used, those far fetched druggs would prosper as well with us, as in those countries, whence now we have them […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...
  2. Implausible; not likely; difficult to believe.
    • He is full of far-fetched ideas to make money.

Questions about farther-fetched

What is farther-fetched the comparative form of?
Farther-fetched is the comparative form of far-fetched.

Words near farther-fetched in the dictionary

  1. farthens
  2. farther
  3. farther away
  4. farther flung
  5. Farther India
  6. farther-fetched
  7. farther-flung
  8. fartherance
  9. fartherances
  10. farthered
  11. fartherer

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