farfetch means anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem. It carries an Arena rating of 1484, earned across 17 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, farfetch ranks #690 of 13,217 for Funniest Words, #1,334 of 13,217 for Most Malleable Words, #1,666 of 13,217 for Most Ingenious Words, #2,672 of 13,217 for Most Sublime Words.
farfetch is pronounced /ˈfɑː(ɹ)fɛt͡ʃ/.
Why “farfetch” is a great word
An improbable object or story brought from a great distance, or an elaborately contrived scheme. From the English words 'far' (distant) and 'fetch' (to go get and bring back). Unlike a 'stratagem,' a clever but often simple maneuver, or an 'import,' a routine traded commodity, a farfetch carries the musk of its own improbable journey. It is a dubious curative found only on a single cliff in Patagonia, a seven-part machine to butter toast, a justification that unravels under the mildest scrutiny—a testament to the human will to bridge vast gaps, whether of geography or credibility, with sheer, ornate effort.
Etymology
From far + fetch.
noun
- Anything brought from afar, or brought about with studious care; a deep stratagem.“But Jesuits have deeper reaches
In all their politic far-fetches”
- 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.'”
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