Farfetched

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Farfetched \Far"fetched`\, a.
     1. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and
              heterogeneous ingredients.            --Hawthorne.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or
        introduced; forced; strained; hence, implausible or
        improbable.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  farfetched
       adj : highly imaginative but unlikely; "a farfetched excuse"; "an
             implausible explanation" [syn: {implausible}]