farfetch

1 of 2

noun

obsolete

: a deep or complicated and obscure stratagem

farfetch

2 of 2

verb

transitive verb

: to derive (as a word) in a farfetched manner

intransitive verb

: to make farfetched derivations

Word History

Etymology

Noun

back-formation from farfetched

Verb

back-formation from farfetched

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