far-fetched

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

F'AR-FETCHED, adjective 1. Brought from a remote place. Whose pains have earned the far-fetched spoil. 2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained. York with all his far-fetched policy. So we say, far-fetched arguments; far-fetched rhymes; far-fetched analogy. [Far-fet, the same, is not used.]
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