faradj.

Brit.

/fɑː/, U.S.

/fɑr/

Forms: Old English–Middle English feor(r, Middle English–1500s fer, Middle English–1600s farr, Middle English–1600s farre, Middle English– far. Compar. Old English fyrra (feminine and neuter -e), Middle English fyrre, furre, Middle English–1500s ferre(r(e, Middle English ferror(e, southern verrore, Middle English–1600s farrer. Superl. Old English fyrrest, Middle English ferrest, Middle English–1500s farrest.

Etymology: Old English feorr = Old Frisian fer, fir, Old Saxon fer, Old High German fer < West Germanic type *ferro-. As the adjective does not occur in Gothic or Old Norse, it is probably derived from the adverb.

1. Remote:

a. in space; chiefly of countries or places; occasionally of persons, etc. the far east, north, west, south: the extreme eastern, etc. parts of a region, or of the world. Cf. Far West n. †far absence: absence in a distant part.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective]

sideOE

fara1000

ferrenc1160

lungeteync1330

on dreicha1400

yondera1413

widec1425

roomc1443

lontaignec1450

remote1533

distant1549

remotedc1580

disloigned1596

discoasted1598

dissite1600

far-off1600

aloof1608

longinque1614

distantial1648

Atlantic1790

far-distant1793

far-away1816

far-apart1865

way off1871

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long

longsomeeOE

fara1000

longOE

prolixa1500

of length1597

prolixious1599

lengthful?1611

tediousa1616

distanta1645

longinquous1670

long-drawn1726

lengthy1760

prolongated1776

the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > in a distant part

far absence1548

a1000 Wife's Complaint (Gr.) 47 Feorres folclondes.

a1225 Leg. Kath. 1565 Into þe ferreste ende of Alixandre.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 204 Huerof yealde filozofes hem uledden in-to uerre stedes in-to dezert.

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Joel iii. 8 They shule selle hem to Sabeis, a fer folc.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4820 Wee are o farr cuntre, Of a land hait chanaan.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1643 Thick ffolewastoure son..departid to ferre lande.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 585 Folke cam..from ferre ways for to seke hym.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cj^v The Englishemen consideryng..the farre absence of their frendes.

1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aaviij^v To returne home from these farre countreys.

a1605 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems (1886) xxxii. 38 Far foullis hes ay fair fethers, sum will say.

1684 J. Dryden Misc. Poems 7 To farr [1682 fair] Barbadoes on the Western main.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 23 A far dim watch-lamp's thrice reflected beam.

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 40 What hearest thou? Mahmud. A far whisper.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 71 It is fear which beds the far to-come with fire.

absolute.c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 496 To visite The ferreste in his parisshe.

b. figurative of remoteness or difference in time, relationship, or nature.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective]

othereOE

otherkinseOE

unilicheOE

elseOE

otherways?c1225

diversc1250

diverse1297

unlikea1300

likelessa1325

sundrya1325

contrariousc1340

nothera1375

strangec1380

anothera1382

otherwisea1393

diversed1393

differenta1400

differing?c1400

deparayll1413

disparable1413

disparail1413

dissemblable1413

party?a1439

unlikeningc1450

indifferent1513

distinct1523

repugnant1528

far1531

heterogene?1541

discrepant1556

mislike1570

contrary1576

distincted1577

another-gainesa1586

dispar1587

another gate1594

dislike1596

unresembling1598

heterogeneana1601

anothergates1604

heterogeneal1605

unmatched1606

disparate1608

disparent?1611

differential1618

dissimilar1621

disparated1624

dissimilary1624

heterogeneous1624

unparallel1624

otherguess1632

anotherguise1635

incongenerous1646

anotherguess1650

otherguise1653

distant1654

unresemblant1655

distantial1656

allogeneous1666

distinguished1736

otherguised1768

unsimilar1768

insimilar1801

anotherkins1855

diff1861

distinctive1867

othergate1903

unalike1934

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > distant or remote

longc1405

remote1596

distanta1616

far1646

far-off1850

far-away1851

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > distantly

removed1502

great1549

distant1671

far-away1817

far-off1828

far1859

shirttail1875

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vi. sig. Pv A vice moste vgly and ferrest from humanitie.

1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 309 How farre this fielde is to that which bordereth upon it.

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 128 Pulling farre History Neerer.

1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 189 Sir Torre..Past up the still rich city to his kin His own far blood.

1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xx. 222 So many far landmarks of time.

c. the far end, †the far: the very end, or extremity; the last stage (of life, strength, or resources). Now only dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the very end

last end?c1225

the farc1540

the far endc1540

faga1627

the last word1842

the end of the road1954

endsville1962

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 78 In this shall faithfully be founden to the fer ende, All þe dedis.

1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. clxxxiii. 447 What standeth beyond the far-end of my sufferings..He knoweth.

1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks II. viii. 112 Whose..love of pleasure will soon get to the far-end of a moderate fortune.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 54 He seems almost at the far end.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield at Far end ‘Ah'm ommast at t' far end.’

a. Extending to a distance, long. far traveller: one who comes from or goes to a distance. †(a person) of a far fetch: far-reaching, far-sighted. †far way: a long way, by far.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > [adjective] > long-distance > extending over a long distance

far1393

long distance1826

long distance1849

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight

foreknowingc1374

fore-wisec1540

(a person) of a far fetch1574

forecastful1576

foresightfula1586

prescientc1599

far-sighted1641

prescious1642

foresighted1660

long-headed1665

prescientiala1699

long-sighted1701

prevoyant1785

precognizant1840

telescopic1856

far-thinking1937

precognitive1974

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision

clear1340

well-sighteda1529

clear-eyed1530

quick-sighted1542

thorough-seeing1556

quick-eyed1561

(a person) of a far fetch1574

sharpsighted1583

clear-sighted1586

perspicacious1640

far-sighted1641

clear-headed1709

pellucid1813

far-seeing1837

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence > forethought > a far-sighted person

(a person) of a far fetch1574

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely

far traveller1624

far-goer1841

far-farer1861

globetrotter1873

trekker1932

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C xvii. 51 Of wyt and wysedome þat fer way is bettere Than richesse.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11385 For ellis might noght þaa kynges thre Haue raght to ride so fer way, And cum to crist þat ilk day.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. nn.vi^v Her grete & ferre Iourney.

1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xxix. sig. Lviij^v A marchaunt man, maketh farre vyages and great iorneys.

1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 508 Some men so euill and of so farre a fetch..procure friendshippe with the husband..to haue an entrie more sure to deale with his wife.

1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence ii. 30 A very far way from Africa.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 204 Far travellers may lye by authority.

1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 109 You could not miss the road..it was neither far way nor foul gate.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 226 It would not be a far stretch of intellect to infer.

†b. Of authority: Extensive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale

largea1400

ample1437

farc1475

diffused?1570

spacious1589

extensive1605

wholesale1642

diffuse1644

extense1644

voluminousa1652

amplivagant1656

extentive1658

numerousa1661

extended1700

amplivagous1731

far-reaching1824

Homeric1841

large-scale1856

wholescale1910

wide-scale1925

big-scale1930

macroscopic1931

broadscale1958

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 29 God ȝaue him no farrer power.

†c. Of a difference in kind or value: Great. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > specifically of difference

far1509

steep1856

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biv This shall be a farre dyfference.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 578 Valued, at a farre vnder rate, to bee worth..ten pound.

†d. Of a person: Advanced (in age or knowledge). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] > mature

ripeOE

fara1400

mature1667

adult1906

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.)

oldeOE

winteredeOE

oldlyOE

over-oldOE

eldernc1175

at-oldc1200

stricken on, in age, in eldec1380

oldlya1382

(well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386

ancientc1400

aged1420

well-agedc1450

ripec1480

passing oldc1485

(well) shot in years1530

old aged1535

agey1547

Ogygian1567

strucken1576

oldish1580

stricken in yearsa1586

declined1591

far1591

struck1597

Nestorian1605

overripe1605

elderly1611

eld1619

antiquated1631

enaged1631

thorough-old1639

emerita1643

grandevous1647

magnaevous1727

badgerly1753

(as) old as the hills1819

olden days1823

crusted1833

long in the tooth1841

oldened1854

mature1867

over the hill1950

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15124 Þis ihesus þat was so wis & so fer in lore.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 218 As one farre in elde.

3. The remoter of two; in early use also in the comparative. †the far side (of a horse, etc.): the off or right-hand side. the fur ahin (Sc.): the hind right-hand (horse) in a team of four.Probably far here represents the original comparative form fyrre.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > more distant > more distant side or part

yondc1175

yondera1387

farc1400

the yon1700

ulterior1721

thondera1825

thither1830

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > the right

right sidea1225

rightc1225

right handc1225

right halfa1450

the far side1607

dexter1814

c1400 Rowland & O. 1227 With him Rowlande and Olyvere Appon the ferrere syde.

1486 Bk. St. Albans D j b Iff yowre hawke nym the fowle at the fer side of the Ryuer..Then she sleeth the fowle at the fer Jutty.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 17 The farre ende of high holborn.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9054 Priam the prise kyng..was feghtyng in the feld on the fer syde.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 5 The white fore-foote, on the right side commonly cald the farre side.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 32 To give them [sc. lambes]..the botte on the farre buttocke.

1724 London Gaz. No. 6294/3 The Coronett of the far Hoof before.

1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 162 She sat in a low chair on the far side of the shop.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 218 My Furr ahin's a wordy beast.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 110 On the far side of the open stood one of the hills.

Draft additions September 2013

far left n. and adj. Politics (a) n. the extreme left wing of a faction, group, or party; (b) adj. belonging to, characteristic of, or designating such a group or party; representing or expressing extreme left-wing views. [Originally after French l'extrême gauche (1819 or earlier in political context): compare left adj.¹ 2, left n. 6. See also centre n.¹ 15.]

ΚΠ

1873 Times 21 Apr. 14/3 The contest between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the friends of Thiers, and the champion of the far Left.

1948 C. W. Mills New Men of Power i. 15 The Far Left. The far or Leninist left..raises political demands that are specifically focussed... Its followers..want capitalism smashed.

1967 Times 12 June 8/2 The far-left ideology that makes some old-fashioned Liberals wonder what has happened to their cause.

1992 New Republic 15 June 23/2 Whether from the far right or the far left, Perot is willing to underwrite crackpot schemes as though they were entrepreneurial bright ideas.

2011 Vanity Fair Sept. 352/3 Italy fell victim to the kidnappings, assassinations, and bombings of the far-left Red Brigades.

far right n. and adj. Politics (a) n. the extreme right wing of a faction, group, or party; (b) adj. belonging to, characteristic of, or designating such a group or party; representing or expressing extreme right-wing views. [Originally after French l'extrême droite (1819 or earlier in political context): compare right adj. 15, right n. 16c. See also centre n.¹ 15.]

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right > extreme right

far right1906

radical right1970

1906 Methodist Rev. Mar. 242 On the extreme left are the radical socialists, on the far right the reactionary parties. Between come the different groups which are fully loyal to the Republic.

1961 New Statesman 25 Aug. 234/2 It is not Communism that has been preoccupying Senators of the far right lately, but something called ‘anti-anti-Communism’.

1981 Times 18 Mar. 8/6 The Rustenburg constituency..represents some of its most far-right votes for white supremacy.

1992 Utne Reader Mar. 34/2 Right-wing terrorism explodes while far-right parties make political hay with the rhetoric of fear and hate.

2011 Vanity Fair June 98/2 It wasn't until McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate that the flaming desire of the far right found its Red Queen.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

faradv.

Brit.

/fɑː/, U.S.

/fɑr/

Forms: Old English–Middle English feor(r, (Middle English southern veor), Middle English (1800s dialect) fur, Middle English–1500s for, (Middle English forre), Middle English–1500s fer(r(e, Middle English southern ver(re, (Middle English fir, Middle English fear, feȝer, feir, Middle English fere, Middle English feer), Middle English–1600s farr(e, (Middle English–1600s fare), Middle English– far. Compar. Old English fier(r, fyr(r, Middle English fir, Middle English (1800s dialect) fur, Middle English furre, fyrre, 1600s furr, Middle English far, Middle English–1500s ferrer, (Middle English–1500s ferrere), Middle English ferror, Middle English–1600s farrer, Middle English–1500s farrar. Superl. Old English fyrrest, Middle English ferrest, Middle English–1500s farrest, (Middle English furrest, 1600s farst).

Etymology: Old English feor(r corresponds to Old Frisian fir , Old Saxon fer (Dutch ver ), Old High German fer , Old Norse fiarre , Gothic fairra < Germanic *ferr- (the Germanic form of the suffix is not determinable with certainty; a distinct but synonymous type appears in Old Saxon and Old High German ferro , Middle High German verre ), < Germanic root fer- < Old Aryan per- , whence Greek πέρᾱν , Sanskrit paras , beyond. The forms with final -e in 13–14th cent. belong etymologically to the derivative ferren adv. and adj.; subsequently the monosyllabic ferre , farre , is a mere variant spelling of fer , far . The Old English comparative fierr , fyrr ( < *ferriz ) began in 12th cent. to give place to a new formation on the positive, ferrer , ferror ; this survived till the 17th cent. in the form farrer ; after that period the comparative and superlative remained only in dialects, being superseded in educated use by farther , farthest : see farther v.

1. At a great distance, a long way off. Const. from, (colloquial) off. Also with adverbs away, off, out.

a. in space.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or to a distance

ferrenc888

farc900

longOE

afarc1300

yond13..

on length1340

alonga1382

adreigha1393

on dreicha1400

afar offc1400

far-aboutc1450

alengtha1500

distantlya1500

remote1589

remotely1609

yferrea1643

out of his (her, its, etc.) way1650

adistance1807

away1818

way1833

way off1836

way out1840

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. i. §3 We witan heonan noht feor oþer ealond.

c1025 Interl. v. Rule St. Benet I. 85 Þa eallunga feor synd on geswince.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 273 Achalon heihte an flum þe nes noht feor [c1300 Otho for] from heom.

1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7650 Ilk planete es ferrer þan other fra us.

c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 184 Sum ferrer and sum nerrer.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4933 Theues..of a cuntre þat heþen es far.

c1420 Sir Amadace (Camd.) xvi A marchand of this citè Was fer oute in a-nothir cuntre.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 156 Fer, or fer a-way, procul.

c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 112 I was not farre hence.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos x. 40 Whiche caused grete fere and drede vnto the countreys nygh neyghbours and also ferre of.

1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviii A Spittlehouse not farre from where his dwelling was.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 41 He vil see ane schip farrar on the seye.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. ii. iii Things near seem further off; farst off, the nearst at hand.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 122 The painted Lizard, and the Birds of Prey..be far away.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 63. ⁋7 Not far from these was another Set of merry People.

1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. i. 77 Far upon Northumbrian seas.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 8 He is likely to be not far off himself.

1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 214 The Green Mountains..seen careering along the horizon far to the southwest.

b. far and near or nigh [compare Middle Dutch verre ende naer] : in every part, everywhere. far or near: anywhere. far nor near: nowhere. Cf. near adv.¹ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > far and near

far and near or nighOE

near and farc1275

nigh and farc1400

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere

far and near or nighOE

in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250

high and low1525

here, there, and everywherea1593

in every stead1596

through long and broad ——1617

from Dan to Beersheba1738

all along the line1877

all over the auction1930

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > nowhere

far nor nearc1430

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > (not) anywhere

within wonesc1330

in the varsal world1697

far or near1797

OE Crist I 390 Soðfæste seraphinnes cynn, uppe mid englum a bremende, unaþreotendum þrymmum singað ful healice hludan stefne, fægre feor ond neah.

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 137 To..beon iwurðegede fir and neor.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 921 East and west, feor and neor.

c1390 Hymns Virg. (1867) 107 Þere is no man feer ne neer.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 213 Marie..loked farre & neghe.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3521 Bath on fer and ner he soght.

c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 107 Þere is no man feer ne neer.

?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 167 Þi name of grett degre be wurchepyd in all manere Over all þis werde, bothe fer and nere, ȝevyn on to þe vnterest ende.

c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 152 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 344 Crystofore..passyt one fere and neyre, sekand cryst.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xvj^v The Churche of Christe was spreade abroade farre and nere.

1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 49 The brute was blowne abrode both farre & nye.

1629 [see sense 5].

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §67. 305 Memorable matters, worthy to be knowne farre and neare.

1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 86 The happinesse which I have from you..spreads it selfe both farre and neere.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 295 I..have sought thee farr and nigh.

1692 R. L'Estrange Fables clvi. 140 I have been Hunting..far and near..to find out a Remedy.

1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. ii. 80 But I could see nothing of them far or near.

c. in past time. Cf. far-off adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago

yorec900

for longOE

langer1303

long agoc1350

far1362

for yorea1375

of yore ago(ne)a1375

long time1376

of olda1393

anciently1502

langsyne?a1513

oldlya1513

in old season1582

old1609

antiquely1652

then-a-days1688

(the) year one1754

way back1870

in yore1876

way back when1921

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 226 In a freres frokke he was yfounde ones Ac it is ferre agoo in seynt Fraunceys tyme.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 431 Farre then Deucalion off.

d. figurative with reference to unlikeness, alienation of feeling, etc. Often elliptically in phrase (so) far from ——ing (used when something is denied and something opposite asserted). Also interjectionally, far from it.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb] > far or very different from

far1534

offa1555

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [interjection] > far from it

far from it1882

1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. C.5 This maner is as ferre distaunt from offyce..that [etc.].

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxiii. 27 They that are farre from thee, shall perish.

1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xix. 116 Gods love is so far from resembling the usual sort of Friends.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 150 So far from imitating the industry of their ancestors, that [etc.].

1840 T. De Quincey On Essenes: Pt. III in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 648/1 So far..from shocking his [the Jew's] prejudices..the error of the early Christians would lie the other way.

1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xiv. 221 It was in a far from unfriendly fashion.

1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 128 He was not far off losing both wit and sense.

1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 154 He was not far off being half-dead of thirst.

1882 Wicksteed tr. Kuenen Hibbert Lect. iii. 127 The truly religious tone..not unmixed, indeed, far from it, but unmistakable.

e. Phrases. far be it from (me, etc.): a form of deprecation = ‘God forbid that (I, etc.).’ I'll be far (enough) if, etc.: a strong negation or refusal (colloquial). far to †find, seek: (a) hard to discover, out of the way; (b) of persons: at a loss.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > difficult to find

far to find, seek1382

the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > expressions of remonstrance [phrase] > against something specified

far be it from (me, etc.)1382

the mind > language > statement > negation > [phrase]

I'll be far (enough) if1752

I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761

over my dead body1796

let's don't1854

I'll see you shot first1894

the mind > language > statement > refusal > [phrase]

not if I can help it1682

I'll be far (enough) if1752

I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761

to have none of it1849

not if you paid me1853

not likely1878

that's your problem1951

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase]

at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377

seek1390

will of wane (also wone)a1400

will of redea1425

on wild1477

to be at a muse1548

at a loss1592

at a stopa1626

in a fog?c1640

in a wood1659

at a wit-standa1670

at sea1768

at fault1833

far to find, seek1879

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xliv. 17 Josephe answerde, Fer be it fro me, that Y thus do.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xi. 77 Beþ þre fayre vertues and beeþ nauht ferr to fynde.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 163 Bee it farre from me to utter any such speache.

1667 Earl of Cardigan in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 9 Farre be it from me..to enter into dispute with your Lordship.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 148. ⁋4 Far be it that I should attempt to lessen the Acceptance which Men of this Character meet with in the World.

1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 29 I'll be fur enough if it en't a May-game.

1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. viii. 312 Far, infinitely far, be such imputation from our thoughts.

1874 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 667 If instances must be cited, they are not far to seek.

1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xvi. 285 Many minds..are far to seek for the grounds of social duty.

1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) ‘I'll be far if I do’ means ‘I will not.’

a. To a great distance; to a remote place.

ΚΠ

c825 Vesp. Psalter ix. 22 Tohwon dryhten gewite ðu feor.

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 862 He ferde to feor [c1300 Otho for] ut from his iueren.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2616 Wilt ðu, leuedi, ic go fear out.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2781 To fle..fer away from þe see.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2184 Farrer fra men to be remoued.

1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Dij I wisht the popes dominion Might stretch no furr than Callis Ocean.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 116 She..is so farre from Italy remoued.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 727 He ceas'd Contending, and remov'd his Tents farr off.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 329 A..habitation, from which it seldom ventures far.

b. far and wide (also, less usually, wide and far): over or through a large space or region; so as to reach or affect many or various places or people.

ΚΠ

eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. viii. 182 Wæron þas wundor feorr & wide gemæred & gecyþed.

OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 10 June (2013) 114 He..ferde mid Pawle feorr ond wide geond middangeard.

c1275 (?a1216) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) 710 Þu axest me..ȝif ich kon eni oþer dede Bute singen in sume tide An bringe blisse for & wide.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1256 Fro ðe riche flod eufrate, Wid and fer to ðe rede se.

a1400 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Egerton) (1966) l. 447 He hadde ben ferre and wyde.

c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. l. 105 (MED) Of alle the est-syde Of al this world, to seke ferre and wyde, Shulde þou not fynde soo pyked a company.

a1500 Life St. Alexius (Titus) l. 161 (MED) Hys Fader send bothe fer and vyde Messengers on euery syde.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxcvj^v [They] distroye the countrie with fyre farre and wyde.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 80 The word broad,..added to the goose, proues thee faire and wide a broad goose.

1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile ii. f. 53 Christendome stretcheth very wide and farre, and there are fewe places in the world where Christians inhabite not.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 133 Thir Legions..Scout farr and wide into the Realm of night.

1677 F. Bampfield All in One 124 This black Art doth spread it self wide and far.

1710 tr. C. Quillet Callipædia iv. 60 The Spanish Kingdom bounds the sultry West Stretch'd wide and far, a sunny Clime.

1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius i. 9 Out gush th' imprison'd waters, wide and far They spread destruction.

1768 T. Gray Fatal Sisters in Poems 84 Far and wide the notes prolong.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 222 Their vassals wander wide and far.

1813 R. Southey Rokeby v. 222 Multitudes..assemble, coming from far and wide.

1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xix Though they scoured the country far and wide.

1879 China Rev. 7 No. 5. 313/2 I must journey wide and far.

1944 P. Larkin Let. 14 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 94 But the third went wide and far Into an unforgiving sea.

1977 Yearbk. Internat. Folk Music Council 9 96 He travelled far and wide with his recording van.

2011 R. Fortey Survivors vi. 177 Pollen travels far and wide, and often well away from the plant from which it originates.

c. To a great distance in various directions; over a large area; widely.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > over or through a great distance

roomOE

widenOE

wideOE

farc1200

widely1579

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > to or at a greater distance

furthermorec1175

overmorec1175

farc1200

fartherc1330

farthermorec1380

yondera1387

furtherc1400

lengerc1425

furtherlya1513

yondermair1513

yonderward1513

furtherfortha1542

still1602

c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 45 Carite sprat his bowes on bræde and on lengðe swiðe ferr.

c1440 York Myst. xi. 80 So sall þe folke no farrar sprede.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 216 Þi fame shall goo fer.

1692 J. Barnes Pref. Verses in E. Walker Epictetus' Mor. An Heathen, far for vertue Fam'd.

†d. to cast far: to make far-reaching plans. (Cf. far-caster n.) So to bethink far. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)] > make far-reaching plans

to cast farc1394

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 485 Fer he [þe devell] casteþ toforn þe folke to destroye.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8269 Ferr and depe he vmbi-thoght.

3. To or at an advanced point of progress.

a. in space. (Down to the 15th cent. the verb go is often omitted after will, shall, may, can, etc.)

ΚΠ

a1300 Fragm. Pop. Sc. (Wright) 210 Whan the sonne hath thider i-drawe the mist thurf hire hete, Hit ne mai no fur for the colde.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 308 Ferrere mot he nouht, Scotlond forto se.

c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 89 Sayde this yiman, ‘Wiltow fer to day?’

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 392 Iesus made hom semblant os he wald ferrer goo.

c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 303 It is sett undir a mannes ers to drawe out þe emeroides þat sittiþ hed fer yn.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6091 Ay þe ferrer þat he gase.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvii. 363 No far thou shall.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B1 How farre purpose you to trauell this way.

1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 114. ⁋1 We were now got pretty far into Westminster.

a1801 R. Gall Tint Quey in Poems 173 Here, or we gae farer ben, Aiblins it's fitting to let ken To them wha reads, that [etc.].

1814 R. Southey Roderick iii We travell'd fast and far.

1845 tr. Sue's Wandering Jew xvii. 86 Long bamboos which are driven far into the ground.

b. figurative with reference to progressive action or condition: To a great length or degree. to go far to (produce a certain effect): to tend greatly. †to speak a person far: to go to great lengths in his praise. he (she, etc.) will go far and variants: he (she, etc.) is likely to be very successful or to achieve great things (in a given field or career). [with he (she, etc.) will go far compare French il ira loin] .

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adverb] > very far advanced

overforth?c1225

far1360

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively

crownc1175

overpraisea1387

overhighc1400

bedaub1581

superexalt1610

to speak a person fara1616

allaud1621

rave1621

stellify1628

beatifya1677

bepraise1774

to jump down a person's throat1809

rapturize1822

belauda1849

the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (intransitive)] > lead or conduce to

teemc1275

conduct1481

rixlec1540

tend1560

to conduce to1586

shapea1616

to go far to1668

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > tend, lead, or conduce to

forwenda1325

tend1560

sway1570

affect1612

to trench on or upon1622

apta1640

predeterminea1667

to go far to1668

to run into ——1753

orient1952

tilt1976

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb]

stronglyeOE

felec950

strongeOE

highlyOE

highOE

greatlya1200

stourlya1225

greata1325

dreec1330

deeplya1400

mightya1400

dreichlyc1400

mighty?a1425

sorec1440

mainlyc1450

greatumly1456

madc1487

profoundly1489

stronglya1492

muchwhata1513

shrewlya1529

heapa1547

vengeance?1548

sorely1562

smartlyc1580

mightly1582

mightily1587

violently1601

intensively1604

almightily1612

violent1629

seriously1643

intensely1646

importunately1660

shrewdly1664

gey1686

sadly1738

plenty1775

vitally1787

substantively1795

badly1813

far1814

heavily1819

serious1825

measurably1834

dearly1843

bally1939

majorly1955

sizzlingly1956

majorly1978

fecking1983

1360–80 J. Wyclif Three Treat. xxii. (1879) 311 Þei shewen ferrere how þei ben disciplis of fals pharisees.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11011 Bot elizabeth was ferrer gane.

c1430 Chev. Assigne 311 I kan sey no furre.

?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. A8 This matter is so farre gone, that there is no remedy.

1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iii^v Least by presuming to farre, I should loose my selfe.

1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xc. 278 a Who is so mad..vnlesse he be to farre gone, that standeth not in feare of them?

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 382 Maister Heskins store is farre spent.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 24 You speake him farre .

1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. 3 Where the subject of any Law is single..prudence..may go far at one Essay to provide a fit law.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋4 There's no carrying a Metaphor too far, when a Lady's Charms are spoke of.

1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a3^v Where these two enter far into the Composition of any Work.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 219 To do all they could to hinder him to engage too far.

1814 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) iv. 14 Both..very tipsy..one..so far gone, that she could not walk straight.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 233 This was going too far.

1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 467/2 He will go far, if far can be said of a country where nothing is far, where there is nothing left but the amiabilities of côteries, instead of the male and essential qualities of man.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. x. 351 This high duty..went far to enable the distillers to fix the price of spirits.

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 73 The Corinthians had gone too far,..to admit of listening to arbitration.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 44 You are already far gone in your love.

1893 J. M. Cobban Burden of Isabel i. 8 He has a fine head on him, has Alan; he's half Scots and half Lancashire, and he'll go far.

1944 Boys' Life Aug. 11/1 He is a fine soldier, brave, resourceful, and likely to go far.

2004 San Diego Mag. Feb. 35 If she works on honing a killer instinct..she'll go far in the sport, maybe even turn pro at 18.

c. in time. †With genitive, far days, far nights: late in the day or night (cf. Greek πόρρω τῆς ἡμέρας, τῆς νυκτός); in later use also far-day, far-night (cf. Compounds 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb] > late in the day

far daysa1400

far nights1561

nightward1621

a1400–50 Alexander 3900 Be þai had fyneschid þis fiȝt was ferre in with euyn.

c1440 Generydes 66 A man right ferre in age.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 45 She happed to abide so longe on a sonday that it was fer dayes.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 135 He wes waik, and fer run in yeris.

1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. K.iij^v It was farre in nighte.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1148/2 It is far nights.

1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) iii. ii. 42 But the day is farre spent, M. Recorder.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd viii. 98 O how farre daies is it?

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 278 It was far-night ere we got away.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxvi. 151 The day being now far spent.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 2 Far gone as the day was.

1885 Manch. Examiner 10 Sept. 5/5 A heavy downpour which continued far into the night.

4. By a great interval, widely.

a. of separation in place; figurative of estrangement or alienation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or by a (great) distance apart

farc1400

widely1665

distantly1764

c1400 Rom. Rose 3483 His mercy was to ferre bihynde.

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Iv The heaven sainctes who be farrer distanted..from us then..London..from Cambredge.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 12 These two Sees were farre asonder, that is to say, Cauntorbury and Yorke.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 649 Following not farre after himselfe.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 He..leaves the Scythian Arrow far behind.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 184 Far-distant from their native soil.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. xvii. 26 Mortham's lord grew far estranged From the bold heart with whom he ranged.

b. qualifying adjectives, adverbs, or their equivalents, implying excess, defect, or variation from a standard. †In 16–17th centuries often prefixed to adjectives or adverbs of negative import, as in far unfit = far from fit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference) > implying excess or defect

farc1390

c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 552 Þei were weri of-fouȝten and feor ouer-charged.

1521 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 348 This man gothe fer wyde from the streyght waye.

a1555 J. Philpot in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 229 God knoweth it is written farre uneasely.

1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 29 Preparations afore death..far out of square.

1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. sig. C3^v Then my lord your father is farre impatient.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 532 A match thought farre vnfit for such a man.

1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xli. 545 We were often far underfed.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 198 They were not far wrong.

c. of inequality or unlikeness. Often with comparatives or superlatives; sometimes more emphatically far (and) away. Also with verbs, as to differ, exceed, excel, etc. far other: widely different. †to distinguish far: to make a wide distinction.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference)

farc900

largelyc1325

largea1400

widely1603

far-about1848

sizes1861

way1903

tons1908

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far

great quantityc1330

far forthly1362

by farc1380

well awayc1390

by half?a1400

by mucha1450

far (and) away1546

by a great sort1579

to stand head and shoulders abovea1683

(by) a long way1741

by a jugful1831

by all odds1832

by a long, damn, etc., sight1834

out and away1834

(by) a long chalk1835

by chalks1835

by long chalks1835

by a street1886

a whole lot1886

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > very different

far other1587

the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] > distinguish between

skillc1200

shadea1400

discernc1400

superfine1689

to distinguish far1719

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iii. xiv. §2 Feor on oþre wisan.

a1400–50 Alexander 3922 A beste..Fere fersere þan an olifaunt.

1496 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 6 They be sold far under the Price that they be worth.

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 75 He passed farre his grandfather in synne.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Ye be better fed than taught far awaie.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Di Which differeth not farre from the declaration of Vitruuius.

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiv. 426 One that behild a farre other beautie,..and tasted a farre other pleasure than of the worlde.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Which farre exceedes his barren skill to show.

1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 2 A farre most excellent weight of glory.

1646 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 124 No Englishman will..hold..that Scotland must be satisfied with it, farre leese that it be of the Scots framing.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 862 To answer, and resound farr other Song.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 26 In France..the Hugonots are..far the greatest Traders.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 9 Of this various Matter..the far greatest part of the Terrestrial Globe consists.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 92. ⁋1 With us it is far otherwise.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 170 You will allow it to consist with me, as a Roman, to distinguish far, between a Protestant and a Pagan.

1743 J. Morris Serm. ii. 53 Paul uses this argument to prove charity far preferable.

1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 236 [The delight] more, far away, than I have ever received.

1852 Democratic Rev. 11 Far and away the greatest.

1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 22 A slight surrender of principle was a far surer road to success.

1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children i. xxi. 253 He was far-and-away the cleverest of his party.

1883 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall xxxiv You are far and away the greatest scoundrel I ever saw.

1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 528 The testator's estates were..incumbered..to an amount far beyond their value.

†5. From a remote source. Obsolete except in combination: see far-fetched adj., etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance > from a distance > from a remote source

far1629

1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 65 For this purpose all kinde of wilde beasts were brought farre and neere.

1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 34 Here's the Etymology of a Word drawn far enough.

6. Preceded by as, how, so, thus, the word (like many other quantitative adverbs and adjectives) often undergoes a change of meaning, the notion of definite quantity being substituted for the primary notion of great quantity. Hence the following modifications of the preceding senses:

a. To or at a definite distance.

ΚΠ

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1238 Bi al-so fer so a boge mai ten. Ðor sat his moder.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 506 How farr es in to hell pitte.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 42. ¶4 When there is a Battle in the Hay-Market Theatre, one may hear it as far as Charing-Cross.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 215 I had not thought it possible to see so far through so dense a storm.

b. Up to or at a particular point of advance. Also, as far as that goes (used to express disagreement) = on the contrary; as far as, so far as [so adv. and conj. 35b] , in so far as it concerns (me, etc.); as for.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to a certain extent

as far asa1400

(up) to a (certain) point1774

the world > space > distance > [preposition] > as far as

to971

forthc1449

as far as1720

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2253 Now we haue vs sped sa ferr.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 60 Sith that it is soo ferre come that ye wyll not here vs, we shall kepe our peas.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xviii. C Who am I? and what is my house, y^t thou hast broughte me thus farre?

1611 Bible (King James) Jer. li. 64 Thus farre are the words of Ieremiah.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §105 If a Man would endeuour to raise or fall his Voice..as farre as an Eighth.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 182 The King was almost as far as Banbury.

1833 C. F. Crusé tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) i. v. 29 Thus far Josephus.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. App. iv. 469 Menander..went on as far as the Isamus.

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiii. 221 She..could make an ormolu bracelet go as far as another woman's emerald clasps.

1895 N.E.D. at Far Mod. So far no great harm has been done.

1905 A. Lang Adv. among Bks. 231 As far as that goes..most of you were highly favoured.

1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 170/1 As or so far as x cannot be used as short for as far as x goes or so far as concerns x.

1939 H. S. Canby Thoreau xiv. 217 The cabin..was in perfect condition so far as frame and covering until 1868.

1960 J. F. Kennedy in U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Sept. 76/1 As far as whether I could attend this sort of a function in your church..then I could attend.

c. To a certain extent or degree. as far as (I, etc.) see him: normally in contexts implying distrust.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent

mickleseOE

mickleeOE

sevensitheOE

highOE

muchc1225

wellc1300

fara1400

goodlya1450

long?a1475

farlya1500

largea1522

muchly1621

very1641

heartily1727

lot1839

lot1855

big time1957

batshit1993

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16386 Sacles es he sa feir se sum i can.

c1400 Rom. Rose 2209 Hated bothe of olde and yong, As fer as Gaweyn the worthy, Was preised for his curtesie.

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 As fer as my wrecchednes wold suffyse.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116^v The Bay [horse] is most of pryce as farre as I see at this day.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 84^v For thou.., wilt not permitte any (as farre as in thee lyeth) to be well employed.

1601 J. Manningham in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 45 A Citizen gaene soe farr in liking with him.

1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. C2 Am... Wil you trust him? Iul. Yes as farre as I see him.

1638 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 18 How fare I shall be abill to prevall uith him I can not yett tell.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 35 He may be so farre a good man, as to be free from giving offence.

1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. iii. 46 Such persons may so far conduce to the temporal prosperity of a nation.

1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 119 But this law so far as it prescribed a new bushel, had never been executed.

1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 423 To decide how far he deserved it.

1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys I. i. 15 He knows what he's about, and isn't the man to thrust a Protesthant half as far as he'd see him.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 427 Let us endeavour to ascertain how far we are consistent with ourselves.

1969 ‘A. Gilbert’ Missing from Home xiii. 205 ‘She doesn't trust us as far as she can see us,’ Charlie remarked.

a. †of, on far: see afar adv. †upon far: at a distance. from far: at a distance (cf. ferren adv. and adj.). by far: by a great interval (= sense 4); see by prep. 18b in so far: to such an extent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb]

wideOE

awaya1375

upon farc1380

offc1400

aferroma1425

at length?1611

in distans1645

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far

great quantityc1330

far forthly1362

by farc1380

well awayc1390

by half?a1400

by mucha1450

far (and) away1546

by a great sort1579

to stand head and shoulders abovea1683

(by) a long way1741

by a jugful1831

by all odds1832

by a long, damn, etc., sight1834

out and away1834

(by) a long chalk1835

by chalks1835

by long chalks1835

by a street1886

a whole lot1886

the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to such an extent

as fortha1000

insomuchc1380

so mucha1425

pro tanto1621

such much1832

in so far1888

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 17 Sum of hem comen fro ferre.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13457 Fra ful ferr can þai till him seke.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6655 Þam thoght him hornd apon farr.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 86 To þat ymage men commez fra ferre in pilgrimages.

a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27643 Sin es fowler þan any deuil in hell by fer.

c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 276 Thair wes the greiter slauchter be over far maid vpoun the Inglis.

1646 H. More Philos. Devotion in Democritus Platonissans sig. E3^v Lo! from farre I you salute.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews i. xix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 30 Thus far of his apology was made.

1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 3 That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far.

1871 S. Smiles Character x. 282 By far the largest class of readers.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. viii. 104 Eloquence..imagination..or extent of knowledge, are all in so far a gain to him that they make him a bigger man.

†b. to have far to: to have a long way to go to, be far from. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)]

to have far to1377

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 477 Þe vyker had fer home & faire toke his leue.

1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 196 Folwe forþ þat fortune wol; thou hast ful fer to elde.

Compounds

C1.

a. When far (in senses 1 – 5) qualifies a participial adjective used attributively, it is usually hyphenated, thus giving rise to an unlimited number of quasi-compounds, as far-beaming, far-branching, far-embracing, far-extending, far-flying, far-going, far-ranging, far-travelled, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > far-travelling

far-comea1000

room-riddenc1450

far-went1609

far-travelled1905

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vi. f. xxii^v Makynge one perfyt persone and one farpassynge perfyte persone of god and man togyther.

1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 2 The manner rather of desperate men farre driven.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 19 Far-shooting Phœbus.

1601 R. Yarington Two Lamentable Trag. sig. E4 I will..liue in some farre moved continent.

a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 133 These Saphir far-extending Hights.

1688 Addr. in London Gaz. No. 2536/1 Your far distanced New England Subjects.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 127 O Queen! whose far-resounding fame, Is bounded only by the starry frame.

1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 272 Their Arms Far-gleaming, dart the same united Blaze.

1781 S. Johnson Swift in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 86 Variegated by far-sought learning.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 184 Mighty winds That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xl. 81 Leucadia's far-projecting rock of woe.

1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 97 Far-heard clarionet.

1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 91 Expressing profound and farstretching thoughts in the simplest words.

1852 J. A. Roebuck Hist. Whig Ministry II. 32 The view was exceedingly offensive to the far-going reformers.

1854 Excelsior II. 128 His venerable and far-travelled friend.

1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 139 Consider what a far-branching, far-embracing good you have wrought.

1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 232 Far-spread popularity.

1870 tr. F. Marion's Wonderful Balloon Ascents i. i. 5 The far-flying comets.

1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 135 A far-going Whig.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Sept. 2/3 Far-travelled tourists.

1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 5 One single far-ranging rifle-bullet.

1939 War Illustr. 4 Nov. 283/3 Far-flying squadrons over home waters and foreign seas had splendidly maintained our cause.

1959 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. xix. 201 The intellectuals whose far-ranging thought had provided the inspiration of the revolution.

1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 240/3 Far-going mechanisation and cost-reduction is rendered possible.

b. rarely in similar quasi-combination with verbal nouns, as far-flashing, far-withdrawal.

ΚΠ

1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 18 The far flashing of their starry lances Reverberates the dying light of day.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xvii Their..strange effect of far-withdrawal.

C2.

far-apart adj. at a great distance (from).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective]

sideOE

fara1000

ferrenc1160

lungeteync1330

on dreicha1400

yondera1413

widec1425

roomc1443

lontaignec1450

remote1533

distant1549

remotedc1580

disloigned1596

discoasted1598

dissite1600

far-off1600

aloof1608

longinque1614

distantial1648

Atlantic1790

far-distant1793

far-away1816

far-apart1865

way off1871

1865 Punch 27 May 215/1 What, Sir, is the object of a railway? To do away with distance, and bring far-apart scenes within the easy reach of all.

1955 E. Bowen World of Love xi. 222 The sky..let fall far-apart tepid drops.

far-being n. the state of being at a distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > state of being at a distance

far-beinga1586

awayness1887

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vii. sig. S4 The dissolution of the fare being from comfort.

† far-born adj. Obsolete born long ago.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > born long ago

far-born1672

1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iii. i Nine-and-thirty years old, mistress? I'd have you to know I am no far-born child.

far-darter n. one who sends darts to or from a great distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > other types of

scare-fly1587

far-darter1598

baby-eater1848

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Apollo

Phoebusc1275

Pythian1565

far-darter1598

the Latoniana1822

Loxian1840

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one using missiles > dart

lancera1500

darter1565

far-darter1598

dartman1606

dartsman1770

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 91 This is cause why heaven's Far-darter darts These plagues amongst us.

1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 500 Dimly he remembered..the sight Of the Far-darter.

far-darting adj. esp. as epithet of Apollo, the far-darter.

ΚΠ

1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 199 And near at hand the far-darting glances of the god.

1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad i. 4 The wrath of Apollo, the far-darting king.

1871 W. Whitman Passage to India (1872) 6 The far-darting beams of the spirit!

† far-day n. [compare 3c] Obsolete the latter part of the day.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun]

evenOE

eventideOE

eveningOE

eventimeOE

evea1250

evetimec1300

even whilea1375

evetidea1382

supper timec1390

supper whilea1425

forenight1513

evening-tide1521

supperwardc1563

after-supperc1596

Vesperugo1600

vesper1613

far-day1650

eveg1675

evg1777

dew-falla1822

1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 54 Far-day sullies flowres.

far-distant adj. at a great distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective]

sideOE

fara1000

ferrenc1160

lungeteync1330

on dreicha1400

yondera1413

widec1425

roomc1443

lontaignec1450

remote1533

distant1549

remotedc1580

disloigned1596

discoasted1598

dissite1600

far-off1600

aloof1608

longinque1614

distantial1648

Atlantic1790

far-distant1793

far-away1816

far-apart1865

way off1871

1793 J. Barlow in Amer. Poems I. 86 Far-distant land.

1936 Mind 45 549 Modern astronomical researches into far-distant stars.

far-eastern adj. belonging to the extreme east.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [adjective] > most

eastmosteOE

eastermost1555

easternmosta1631

far-eastern1913

1913 A. Fortescue Lesser Eastern Churches ii. 36 Edessa certainly was the chief see of far-eastern Christendom.

far-eyed adj. = far-sighted adj.

ΚΠ

a1882 R. W. Emerson Wks. (1883) IX. 258 The height of Fancy's far-eyed steep.

1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. vi. i. 109 The wariness That marks your usual far-eyed policy.

far-farer n. rare = far-goer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely

far traveller1624

far-goer1841

far-farer1861

globetrotter1873

trekker1932

1861 G. W. Dasent tr. Story Burnt Njal II. 354 Thorwald Kodran's son, the far-farer.

far-foamed adj. fringed with foam for a great distance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth > fringed with foam for a great distance

far-foamed1820

1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 177 Murmurs, which his first-endeavouring tongue Caught infant-like from the far-foamed sands.

far-goer n. one who goes far, literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely

far traveller1624

far-goer1841

far-farer1861

globetrotter1873

trekker1932

1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) VI. 358 The party which the far-goers at least of the deliberants, believe to be the least undeserving of the two.

far-northern adj. lying in the extreme north.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective] > most

northereOE

northmosteOE

northest1488

northermost1572

northernmost1661

normost1694

far-northern1856

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 309 The temperature of these far-northern regions.

far-point n. Optics the extreme range.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > near or far point

far-point1876

near-point1876

1876 J. Bernstein Five Senses 72 The far-point of the eye.

far-seeing adj. = far-sighted adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective]

warec888

wiseOE

adviseda1325

witty1340

prudenta1382

thoughtfula1400

wisea1400

well-advisedc1405

visablea1450

canny1581

judicious1598

serious-minded1694

expedient1828

far-seeing1837

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective]

purveyable?a1425

pensivec1425

providenta1450

provide?a1475

purveyanta1500

prospective1581

prospecting1602

provisional1603

providentiala1646

provisionary1647

prospicient1654

provisive1677

forethoughtful1809

far-seeing1837

provisory1843

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision

clear1340

well-sighteda1529

clear-eyed1530

quick-sighted1542

thorough-seeing1556

quick-eyed1561

(a person) of a far fetch1574

sharpsighted1583

clear-sighted1586

perspicacious1640

far-sighted1641

clear-headed1709

pellucid1813

far-seeing1837

1837 H. W. Longfellow Voices of Night (1843) 42 The Poet..far-seeing.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. ii. 233 Though wise and farseeing, Harold was not suspicious.

1943 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning 240 The wise, far-seeing appeals of the American President.

far-seen adj. seen at a distance; also Scottish = far-sighted adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > looking at or beholding > looked at or seen > at a distance

far-seen1744

1744 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons (new ed.) 165 From lofty Caucasus, far-seen by Those Who in the Caspian..toil.

1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxi. 123 Two silent nights and days In calmness for His far-seen hour He stays.

far-shot adj. = far-shooting.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > far

far-shot?1615

long shot1781

?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) viii. 453 Useful Mercury And far-shot Phœbus.

far-southern adj. at the extreme south.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective] > most

southerOE

southmostOE

southermost1555

southernmost1591

far-southern1856

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 228 Commodore Wilkes in his far-southern discovery of an Antarctic continent.

far-thinking adj. = far-sighted adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight

foreknowingc1374

fore-wisec1540

(a person) of a far fetch1574

forecastful1576

foresightfula1586

prescientc1599

far-sighted1641

prescious1642

foresighted1660

long-headed1665

prescientiala1699

long-sighted1701

prevoyant1785

precognizant1840

telescopic1856

far-thinking1937

precognitive1974

1937 B. H. L. Hart Europe in Arms xv. 211 They can hardly fulfil such a far-thinking role.

† far-went adj. Obsolete that has wended or travelled far.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > far-travelling

far-comea1000

room-riddenc1450

far-went1609

far-travelled1905

1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 191 The Gibeonites came to Iosua like far-went Trauellers.

far-western adj. belonging to the extreme west.

ΚΠ

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. iv. 121 [Northern English] is not so Courtly..as our Southerne English is, no more is the far Westerne mans speach.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	far
释义	farn. Etymology: Latin. Obsolete. A coarse kind of wheat; spelt. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [noun] > wheat > types of wheat grain or plant spelta1000 farc1420 ador?1440 flaxen wheat?1523 Peak-wheat?1523 red wheat?1523 white wheat?1523 duck-bill wheat1553 zea1562 alica1565 buck1577 amelcorn1578 horse-flower1578 tiphe1578 pollard1580 rivet1580 Saracen's corn1585 French wheat1593 Lammas-wheat1594 starch corn1597 St. Peter's corn1597 frumenty1600 secourgeon1600 polwheat1601 duck-wheat1611 kidneys of wheat1611 ograve wheat1616 soft wheat1640 cone-wheat1677 Lammas1677 Poland wheat1686 Saracen corn1687 pole rivet1707 Smyrna wheat1735 hard wheat1757 hen corn1765 velvet wheat1771 white straw1771 nonpareil1805 thick-set wheat1808 cone1826 farro1828 Polish wheat1832 velvet-ear wheat1837 sarrasin1840 mummy wheat1842 snowdrop1844 Red Fife1857 flint-wheat1859 dinkel1866 thick-set1875 spring1884 macaroni wheat1901 einkorn1904 marquis1906 durum1908 emmer1908 hedgehog wheat1909 speltoid1939 c1420 Pallad. on Husb. xii. 1 Novembre wol with whete & far besowe. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 138 As for the bearded wheat Far, there is a certaine worme breeding in it like to a moth. 1625 T. Middleton Game at Chæss v. iii Cockles from Chios, frank'd and fatted vp With Far and Sapa, Flower and cockted Wine. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2021). faradj. Brit. /fɑː/, U.S. /fɑr/ Forms: Old English–Middle English feor(r, Middle English–1500s fer, Middle English–1600s farr, Middle English–1600s farre, Middle English– far. Compar. Old English fyrra (feminine and neuter -e), Middle English fyrre, furre, Middle English–1500s ferre(r(e, Middle English ferror(e, southern verrore, Middle English–1600s farrer. Superl. Old English fyrrest, Middle English ferrest, Middle English–1500s farrest. Etymology: Old English feorr = Old Frisian fer, fir, Old Saxon fer, Old High German fer < West Germanic type ferro-. As the adjective does not occur in Gothic or Old Norse, it is probably derived from the adverb. 1. Remote: a. in space; chiefly of countries or places; occasionally of persons, etc. the far east, north, west, south: the extreme eastern, etc. parts of a region, or of the world. Cf. Far West n. †far absence: absence in a distant part. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] sideOE fara1000 ferrenc1160 lungeteync1330 on dreicha1400 yondera1413 widec1425 roomc1443 lontaignec1450 remote1533 distant1549 remotedc1580 disloigned1596 discoasted1598 dissite1600 far-off1600 aloof1608 longinque1614 distantial1648 Atlantic1790 far-distant1793 far-away1816 far-apart1865 way off1871 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [adjective] > long longsomeeOE fara1000 longOE prolixa1500 of length1597 prolixious1599 lengthful?1611 tediousa1616 distanta1645 longinquous1670 long-drawn1726 lengthy1760 prolongated1776 the world > space > place > absence > [noun] > in a distant part far absence1548 a1000 Wife's Complaint* (Gr.) 47 Feorres folclondes. a1225 Leg. Kath. 1565 Into þe ferreste ende of Alixandre. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 204 Huerof yealde filozofes hem uledden in-to uerre stedes in-to dezert. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Joel iii. 8 They shule selle hem to Sabeis, a fer folc. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4820 Wee are o farr cuntre, Of a land hait chanaan. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1643 Thick ffolewastoure son..departid to ferre lande. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxviii. 585 Folke cam..from ferre ways for to seke hym. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cj^v The Englishemen consideryng..the farre absence of their frendes. 1553 R. Eden in tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India Pref. sig. aaviij^v To returne home from these farre countreys. a1605 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems (1886) xxxii. 38 Far foullis hes ay fair fethers, sum will say. 1684 J. Dryden Misc. Poems 7 To farr [1682 fair] Barbadoes on the Western main. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 23 A far dim watch-lamp's thrice reflected beam. 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 40 What hearest thou? Mahmud. A far whisper. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 71 It is fear which beds the far to-come with fire. absolute.c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 496 To visite The ferreste in his parisshe. b. figurative of remoteness or difference in time, relationship, or nature. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] othereOE otherkinseOE unilicheOE elseOE otherways?c1225 diversc1250 diverse1297 unlikea1300 likelessa1325 sundrya1325 contrariousc1340 nothera1375 strangec1380 anothera1382 otherwisea1393 diversed1393 differenta1400 differing?c1400 deparayll1413 disparable1413 disparail1413 dissemblable1413 party?a1439 unlikeningc1450 indifferent1513 distinct1523 repugnant1528 far1531 heterogene?1541 discrepant1556 mislike1570 contrary1576 distincted1577 another-gainesa1586 dispar1587 another gate1594 dislike1596 unresembling1598 heterogeneana1601 anothergates1604 heterogeneal1605 unmatched1606 disparate1608 disparent?1611 differential1618 dissimilar1621 disparated1624 dissimilary1624 heterogeneous1624 unparallel1624 otherguess1632 anotherguise1635 incongenerous1646 anotherguess1650 otherguise1653 distant1654 unresemblant1655 distantial1656 allogeneous1666 distinguished1736 otherguised1768 unsimilar1768 insimilar1801 anotherkins1855 diff1861 distinctive1867 othergate1903 unalike1934 the world > time > duration > [adjective] > distant or remote longc1405 remote1596 distanta1616 far1646 far-off1850 far-away1851 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [adjective] > distantly removed1502 great1549 distant1671 far-away1817 far-off1828 far1859 shirttail1875 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour ii. vi. sig. Pv A vice moste vgly and ferrest from humanitie. 1583 C. Hollyband Campo di Fior 309 How farre this fielde is to that which bordereth upon it. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 128 Pulling farre History Neerer. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 189 Sir Torre..Past up the still rich city to his kin His own far blood. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xx. 222 So many far landmarks of time. c. the far end, †the far: the very end, or extremity; the last stage (of life, strength, or resources). Now only dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > [noun] > the very end last end?c1225 the farc1540 the far endc1540 faga1627 the last word1842 the end of the road1954 endsville1962 c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 78 In this shall faithfully be founden to the fer ende, All þe dedis. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. clxxxiii. 447 What standeth beyond the far-end of my sufferings..He knoweth. 1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks II. viii. 112 Whose..love of pleasure will soon get to the far-end of a moderate fortune. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 54 He seems almost at the far end. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield at Far end ‘Ah'm ommast at t' far end.’ 2. a. Extending to a distance, long. far traveller: one who comes from or goes to a distance. †(a person) of a far fetch: far-reaching, far-sighted. †far way: a long way, by far. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [adjective] > long-distance > extending over a long distance far1393 long distance1826 long distance1849 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight foreknowingc1374 fore-wisec1540 (a person) of a far fetch1574 forecastful1576 foresightfula1586 prescientc1599 far-sighted1641 prescious1642 foresighted1660 long-headed1665 prescientiala1699 long-sighted1701 prevoyant1785 precognizant1840 telescopic1856 far-thinking1937 precognitive1974 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision clear1340 well-sighteda1529 clear-eyed1530 quick-sighted1542 thorough-seeing1556 quick-eyed1561 (a person) of a far fetch1574 sharpsighted1583 clear-sighted1586 perspicacious1640 far-sighted1641 clear-headed1709 pellucid1813 far-seeing1837 the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > caution > [noun] > prudence > forethought > a far-sighted person (a person) of a far fetch1574 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely far traveller1624 far-goer1841 far-farer1861 globetrotter1873 trekker1932 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C xvii. 51 Of wyt and wysedome þat fer way is bettere Than richesse. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11385 For ellis might noght þaa kynges thre Haue raght to ride so fer way, And cum to crist þat ilk day. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. nn.vi^v Her grete & ferre Iourney. 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xxix. sig. Lviij^v A marchaunt man, maketh farre vyages and great iorneys. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 508 Some men so euill and of so farre a fetch..procure friendshippe with the husband..to haue an entrie more sure to deale with his wife. 1605 R. Verstegan Restit. Decayed Intelligence ii. 30 A very far way from Africa. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 204 Far travellers may lye by authority. 1820 W. Scott Monastery III. iv. 109 You could not miss the road..it was neither far way nor foul gate. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. July 226 It would not be a far stretch of intellect to infer. †b. Of authority: Extensive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale largea1400 ample1437 farc1475 diffused?1570 spacious1589 extensive1605 wholesale1642 diffuse1644 extense1644 voluminousa1652 amplivagant1656 extentive1658 numerousa1661 extended1700 amplivagous1731 far-reaching1824 Homeric1841 large-scale1856 wholescale1910 wide-scale1925 big-scale1930 macroscopic1931 broadscale1958 c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 29 God ȝaue him no farrer power. †c. Of a difference in kind or value: Great. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adjective] > specifically of difference far1509 steep1856 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biv This shall be a farre dyfference. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 578 Valued, at a farre vnder rate, to bee worth..ten pound. †d. Of a person: Advanced (in age or knowledge). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [adjective] > mature ripeOE fara1400 mature1667 adult1906 the world > life > source or principle of life > age > old age > [adjective] > old (of beings, etc.) oldeOE winteredeOE oldlyOE over-oldOE eldernc1175 at-oldc1200 stricken on, in age, in eldec1380 oldlya1382 (well, far, etc.) stepped in age, in or into yearsc1386 ancientc1400 aged1420 well-agedc1450 ripec1480 passing oldc1485 (well) shot in years1530 old aged1535 agey1547 Ogygian1567 strucken1576 oldish1580 stricken in yearsa1586 declined1591 far1591 struck1597 Nestorian1605 overripe1605 elderly1611 eld1619 antiquated1631 enaged1631 thorough-old1639 emerita1643 grandevous1647 magnaevous1727 badgerly1753 (as) old as the hills1819 olden days1823 crusted1833 long in the tooth1841 oldened1854 mature1867 over the hill1950 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 15124 Þis ihesus þat was so wis & so fer in lore. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 218 As one farre in elde. 3. The remoter of two; in early use also in the comparative. †the far side (of a horse, etc.): the off or right-hand side. the fur ahin (Sc.): the hind right-hand (horse) in a team of four.Probably far here represents the original comparative form fyrre. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > more distant > more distant side or part yondc1175 yondera1387 farc1400 the yon1700 ulterior1721 thondera1825 thither1830 the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > the right right sidea1225 rightc1225 right handc1225 right halfa1450 the far side1607 dexter1814 c1400 Rowland & O. 1227 With him Rowlande and Olyvere Appon the ferrere syde. 1486 Bk. St. Albans D j b Iff yowre hawke nym the fowle at the fer side of the Ryuer..Then she sleeth the fowle at the fer Jutty. 1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 17 The farre ende of high holborn. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9054 Priam the prise kyng..was feghtyng in the feld on the fer syde. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 5 The white fore-foote, on the right side commonly cald the farre side. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 32 To give them [sc. lambes]..the botte on the farre buttocke. 1724 London Gaz. No. 6294/3 The Coronett of the far Hoof before. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey I. 162 She sat in a low chair on the far side of the shop. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 218 My Furr ahin's a wordy beast. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island iii. xiv. 110 On the far side of the open stood one of the hills. Draft additions September 2013 far left n. and adj. Politics (a) n. the extreme left wing of a faction, group, or party; (b) adj. belonging to, characteristic of, or designating such a group or party; representing or expressing extreme left-wing views. [Originally after French l'extrême gauche (1819 or earlier in political context): compare left adj.¹ 2, left n. 6. See also centre n.¹ 15.] ΚΠ 1873 Times 21 Apr. 14/3 The contest between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the friends of Thiers, and the champion of the far Left. 1948 C. W. Mills New Men of Power i. 15 The Far Left. The far or Leninist left..raises political demands that are specifically focussed... Its followers..want capitalism smashed. 1967 Times 12 June 8/2 The far-left ideology that makes some old-fashioned Liberals wonder what has happened to their cause. 1992 New Republic 15 June 23/2 Whether from the far right or the far left, Perot is willing to underwrite crackpot schemes as though they were entrepreneurial bright ideas. 2011 Vanity Fair Sept. 352/3 Italy fell victim to the kidnappings, assassinations, and bombings of the far-left Red Brigades. far right n. and adj. Politics (a) n. the extreme right wing of a faction, group, or party; (b) adj. belonging to, characteristic of, or designating such a group or party; representing or expressing extreme right-wing views. [Originally after French l'extrême droite (1819 or earlier in political context): compare right adj. 15, right n. 16c. See also centre n.¹ 15.] ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > groups or attitudes right to left > [noun] > the right > extreme right far right1906 radical right1970 1906 Methodist Rev. Mar. 242 On the extreme left are the radical socialists, on the far right the reactionary parties. Between come the different groups which are fully loyal to the Republic. 1961 New Statesman 25 Aug. 234/2 It is not Communism that has been preoccupying Senators of the far right lately, but something called ‘anti-anti-Communism’. 1981 Times 18 Mar. 8/6 The Rustenburg constituency..represents some of its most far-right votes for white supremacy. 1992 Utne Reader Mar. 34/2 Right-wing terrorism explodes while far-right parties make political hay with the rhetoric of fear and hate. 2011 Vanity Fair June 98/2 It wasn't until McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate that the flaming desire of the far right found its Red Queen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † farv. Forms: Also Old English feorran, Middle English fere, ferre, Middle English southern dialect verri, past participle yverred. Etymology: Old English feorran , fyrran = Old High German firren , Old Norse firra < Old Germanic type firrjan , < ferr- , far adj. Obsolete exc. dialect. a. transitive. To put far off, remove. In modern dialect only in the expression of a wish (see quots.). Const. from; rarely with double object. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > put at or remove to a distance farOE fersec1000 far-casta1340 removec1384 proloynec1425 prolong1440 purloin1461 elong1477 enstrange1483 eloin1535 elongatec1540 distance1578 discoast1583 eloinate1642 outpost1864 distantiate1924 OE Beowulf 156 Sibbe ne wolde wið manna hwone..feorhbealo feorran. a1300 E.E. Psalter lxxxvii. 19 Neghburgh and frend fered þou fra me. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 240 Þe stat of religion ssel by zuo yuerred uram þe wordle þet [etc.]. c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 3625 Richard was noȝt so ferred ys fon, þat hy hym þo ne seȝe. c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. lxviii. 101 Thouh thou were forveyed other ferred from thi wey. 1855 E. C. Gaskell North & South I. xvii. 210 Poor wench! latter days be farred! 1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers I. x. 189 I wish the man were farred who [etc.]. b. reflexive and intransitive for reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > remain at or remove to a distance [verb (reflexive)] far?c1225 relegate1599 ?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 61 & firseð [a1250 Titus firsne] him awei froward vre steuene. c1315 Shoreham 164 God wyste wel that man schold..uerry [printed nerry] Fram alle healthe. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 178 Þe uoȝel him uerreþ..uram þennes huer me brekþ his nest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). faradv. Brit. /fɑː/, U.S. /fɑr/ Forms: Old English–Middle English feor(r, (Middle English southern veor), Middle English (1800s dialect) fur, Middle English–1500s for, (Middle English forre), Middle English–1500s fer(r(e, Middle English southern ver(re, (Middle English fir, Middle English fear, feȝer, feir, Middle English fere, Middle English feer), Middle English–1600s farr(e, (Middle English–1600s fare), Middle English– far. Compar. Old English fier(r, fyr(r, Middle English fir, Middle English (1800s dialect) fur, Middle English furre, fyrre, 1600s furr, Middle English far, Middle English–1500s ferrer, (Middle English–1500s ferrere), Middle English ferror, Middle English–1600s farrer, Middle English–1500s farrar. Superl. Old English fyrrest, Middle English ferrest, Middle English–1500s farrest, (Middle English furrest, 1600s farst). Etymology: Old English feor(r corresponds to Old Frisian fir , Old Saxon fer (Dutch ver ), Old High German fer , Old Norse fiarre , Gothic fairra < Germanic ferr- (the Germanic form of the suffix is not determinable with certainty; a distinct but synonymous type appears in Old Saxon and Old High German ferro* , Middle High German verre ), < Germanic root fer- < Old Aryan per- , whence Greek πέρᾱν , Sanskrit paras , beyond. The forms with final -e in 13–14th cent. belong etymologically to the derivative ferren adv. and adj.; subsequently the monosyllabic ferre , farre , is a mere variant spelling of fer , far . The Old English comparative fierr , fyrr ( < ferriz ) began in 12th cent. to give place to a new formation on the positive, ferrer* , ferror ; this survived till the 17th cent. in the form farrer ; after that period the comparative and superlative remained only in dialects, being superseded in educated use by farther , farthest : see farther v. 1. At a great distance, a long way off. Const. from, (colloquial) off. Also with adverbs away, off, out. a. in space. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or to a distance ferrenc888 farc900 longOE afarc1300 yond13.. on length1340 alonga1382 adreigha1393 on dreicha1400 afar offc1400 far-aboutc1450 alengtha1500 distantlya1500 remote1589 remotely1609 yferrea1643 out of his (her, its, etc.) way1650 adistance1807 away1818 way1833 way1833 way off1836 way out1840 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. i. i. §3 We witan heonan noht feor oþer ealond. c1025 Interl. v. Rule St. Benet I. 85 Þa eallunga feor synd on geswince. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 273 Achalon heihte an flum þe nes noht feor [c1300 Otho for] from heom. 1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 7650 Ilk planete es ferrer þan other fra us. c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 184 Sum ferrer and sum nerrer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4933 Theues..of a cuntre þat heþen es far. c1420 Sir Amadace (Camd.) xvi A marchand of this citè Was fer oute in a-nothir cuntre. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 156 Fer, or fer a-way, procul. c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) iv. 112 I was not farre hence. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos x. 40 Whiche caused grete fere and drede vnto the countreys nygh neyghbours and also ferre of. 1550 R. Crowley One & Thyrtye Epigrammes sig. Aviii A Spittlehouse not farre from where his dwelling was. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 41 He vil see ane schip farrar on the seye. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. ii. ii. iii Things near seem further off; farst off, the nearst at hand. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 122 The painted Lizard, and the Birds of Prey..be far away. View more context for this quotation 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 63. ⁋7 Not far from these was another Set of merry People. 1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. i. 77 Far upon Northumbrian seas. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 8 He is likely to be not far off himself. 1879 J. Burroughs Locusts & Wild Honey 214 The Green Mountains..seen careering along the horizon far to the southwest. b. far and near or nigh [compare Middle Dutch verre ende naer] : in every part, everywhere. far or near: anywhere. far nor near: nowhere. Cf. near adv.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > far and near far and near or nighOE near and farc1275 nigh and farc1400 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere far and near or nighOE in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250 high and low1525 here, there, and everywherea1593 in every stead1596 through long and broad ——1617 from Dan to Beersheba1738 all along the line1877 all over the auction1930 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > nowhere far nor nearc1430 the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > (not) anywhere within wonesc1330 in the varsal world1697 far or near1797 OE Crist I 390 Soðfæste seraphinnes cynn, uppe mid englum a bremende, unaþreotendum þrymmum singað ful healice hludan stefne, fægre feor ond neah. c1175 Lamb. Hom. 137 To..beon iwurðegede fir and neor. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 921 East and west, feor and neor. c1390 Hymns Virg. (1867) 107 Þere is no man feer ne neer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 213 Marie..loked farre & neghe. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 3521 Bath on fer and ner he soght. c1430 Hymns Virg. (1867) 107 Þere is no man feer ne neer. ?a1475 Ludus Coventriae (1922) 167 Þi name of grett degre be wurchepyd in all manere Over all þis werde, bothe fer and nere, ȝevyn on to þe vnterest ende. c1480 (a1400) St. Christopher 152 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 344 Crystofore..passyt one fere and neyre, sekand cryst. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xvj^v The Churche of Christe was spreade abroade farre and nere. 1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 49 The brute was blowne abrode both farre & nye. 1629 [see sense 5]. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §67. 305 Memorable matters, worthy to be knowne farre and neare. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 86 The happinesse which I have from you..spreads it selfe both farre and neere. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 295 I..have sought thee farr and nigh. View more context for this quotation 1692 R. L'Estrange Fables clvi. 140 I have been Hunting..far and near..to find out a Remedy. 1797 A. Radcliffe Italian II. ii. 80 But I could see nothing of them far or near. c. in past time. Cf. far-off adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] > long ago yorec900 for longOE langer1303 long agoc1350 far1362 for yorea1375 of yore ago(ne)a1375 long time1376 of olda1393 anciently1502 langsyne?a1513 oldlya1513 in old season1582 old1609 antiquely1652 then-a-days1688 (the) year one1754 way back1870 in yore1876 way back when1921 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 226 In a freres frokke he was yfounde ones Ac it is ferre agoo in seynt Fraunceys tyme. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 431 Farre then Deucalion off. View more context for this quotation d. figurative with reference to unlikeness, alienation of feeling, etc. Often elliptically in phrase (so) far from ——ing (used when something is denied and something opposite asserted). Also interjectionally, far from it. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adverb] > far or very different from far1534 offa1555 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [interjection] > far from it far from it1882 1534 R. Whittington tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Tullyes Offyces i. sig. C.5 This maner is as ferre distaunt from offyce..that [etc.]. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms lxxiii. 27 They that are farre from thee, shall perish. View more context for this quotation 1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xix. 116 Gods love is so far from resembling the usual sort of Friends. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 150 So far from imitating the industry of their ancestors, that [etc.]. 1840 T. De Quincey On Essenes: Pt. III in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 648/1 So far..from shocking his [the Jew's] prejudices..the error of the early Christians would lie the other way. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xiv. 221 It was in a far from unfriendly fashion. 1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 128 He was not far off losing both wit and sense. 1874 G. W. Dasent Tales from Fjeld 154 He was not far off being half-dead of thirst. 1882 Wicksteed tr. Kuenen Hibbert Lect. iii. 127 The truly religious tone..not unmixed, indeed, far from it, but unmistakable. e. Phrases. far be it from (me, etc.): a form of deprecation = ‘God forbid that (I, etc.).’ I'll be far (enough) if, etc.: a strong negation or refusal (colloquial). far to †find, seek: (a) hard to discover, out of the way; (b) of persons: at a loss. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > [phrase] > difficult to find far to find, seek1382 the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > expressions of remonstrance [phrase] > against something specified far be it from (me, etc.)1382 the mind > language > statement > negation > [phrase] I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 over my dead body1796 let's don't1854 I'll see you shot first1894 the mind > language > statement > refusal > [phrase] not if I can help it1682 I'll be far (enough) if1752 I'll be shot (occasionally shortened to shot!) if1761 to have none of it1849 not if you paid me1853 not likely1878 that's your problem1951 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > confused, at a loss [phrase] at one's wit's end (occasionally ends)1377 seek1390 will of wane (also wone)a1400 will of redea1425 on wild1477 to be at a muse1548 at a loss1592 at a stopa1626 in a fog?c1640 in a wood1659 at a wit-standa1670 at sea1768 at fault1833 far to find, seek1879 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xliv. 17 Josephe answerde, Fer be it fro me, that Y thus do. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xi. 77 Beþ þre fayre vertues and beeþ nauht ferr to fynde. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 163 Bee it farre from me to utter any such speache. 1667 Earl of Cardigan in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 9 Farre be it from me..to enter into dispute with your Lordship. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 148. ⁋4 Far be it that I should attempt to lessen the Acceptance which Men of this Character meet with in the World. 1752 S. Foote Taste ii. 29 I'll be fur enough if it en't a May-game. 1836 J. Gilbert Christian Atonem. viii. 312 Far, infinitely far, be such imputation from our thoughts. 1874 W. E. Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. Oct. 667 If instances must be cited, they are not far to seek. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such xvi. 285 Many minds..are far to seek for the grounds of social duty. 1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield (at cited word) ‘I'll be far if I do’ means ‘I will not.’ 2. a. To a great distance; to a remote place. ΚΠ c825 Vesp. Psalter ix. 22 Tohwon dryhten gewite ðu feor. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 862 He ferde to feor [c1300 Otho for] ut from his iueren. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2616 Wilt ðu, leuedi, ic go fear out. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2781 To fle..fer away from þe see. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 2184 Farrer fra men to be remoued. 1601 J. Weever Mirror of Martyrs sig. Dij I wisht the popes dominion Might stretch no furr than Callis Ocean. a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 116 She..is so farre from Italy remoued. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 727 He ceas'd Contending, and remov'd his Tents farr off. View more context for this quotation 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 329 A..habitation, from which it seldom ventures far. b. far and wide (also, less usually, wide and far): over or through a large space or region; so as to reach or affect many or various places or people. ΚΠ eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. viii. 182 Wæron þas wundor feorr & wide gemæred & gecyþed. OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 10 June (2013) 114 He..ferde mid Pawle feorr ond wide geond middangeard. c1275 (?a1216) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) 710 Þu axest me..ȝif ich kon eni oþer dede Bute singen in sume tide An bringe blisse for & wide. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1256 Fro ðe riche flod eufrate, Wid and fer to ðe rede se. a1400 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Egerton) (1966) l. 447 He hadde ben ferre and wyde. c1450 J. Capgrave Life St. Katherine (Arun. 396) (1893) v. l. 105 (MED) Of alle the est-syde Of al this world, to seke ferre and wyde, Shulde þou not fynde soo pyked a company. a1500 Life St. Alexius (Titus) l. 161 (MED) Hys Fader send bothe fer and vyde Messengers on euery syde. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cxcvj^v [They] distroye the countrie with fyre farre and wyde. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. iii. 80 The word broad,..added to the goose, proues thee faire and wide a broad goose. 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile ii. f. 53 Christendome stretcheth very wide and farre, and there are fewe places in the world where Christians inhabite not. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 133 Thir Legions..Scout farr and wide into the Realm of night. 1677 F. Bampfield All in One 124 This black Art doth spread it self wide and far. 1710 tr. C. Quillet Callipædia iv. 60 The Spanish Kingdom bounds the sultry West Stretch'd wide and far, a sunny Clime. 1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius i. 9 Out gush th' imprison'd waters, wide and far They spread destruction. 1768 T. Gray Fatal Sisters in Poems 84 Far and wide the notes prolong. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 222 Their vassals wander wide and far. 1813 R. Southey Rokeby v. 222 Multitudes..assemble, coming from far and wide. 1862 H. Kingsley Ravenshoe xix Though they scoured the country far and wide. 1879 China Rev. 7 No. 5. 313/2 I must journey wide and far. 1944 P. Larkin Let. 14 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 94 But the third went wide and far Into an unforgiving sea. 1977 Yearbk. Internat. Folk Music Council 9 96 He travelled far and wide with his recording van. 2011 R. Fortey Survivors vi. 177 Pollen travels far and wide, and often well away from the plant from which it originates. c. To a great distance in various directions; over a large area; widely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > over or through a great distance roomOE widenOE wideOE farc1200 widely1579 the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > to or by a greater distance > to or at a greater distance furthermorec1175 overmorec1175 farc1200 fartherc1330 farthermorec1380 yondera1387 furtherc1400 lengerc1425 furtherlya1513 yondermair1513 yonderward1513 furtherfortha1542 still1602 c1200 Vices & Virtues (1888) 45 Carite sprat his bowes on bræde and on lengðe swiðe ferr. c1440 York Myst. xi. 80 So sall þe folke no farrar sprede. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 216 Þi fame shall goo fer. 1692 J. Barnes Pref. Verses in E. Walker Epictetus' Mor. An Heathen, far for vertue Fam'd. †d. to cast far: to make far-reaching plans. (Cf. far-caster n.) So to bethink far. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > planning > plan [verb (intransitive)] > make far-reaching plans to cast farc1394 c1394 P. Pl. Crede 485 Fer he [þe devell] casteþ toforn þe folke to destroye. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 8269 Ferr and depe he vmbi-thoght. 3. To or at an advanced point of progress. a. in space. (Down to the 15th cent. the verb go is often omitted after will, shall, may, can, etc.) ΚΠ a1300 Fragm. Pop. Sc. (Wright) 210 Whan the sonne hath thider i-drawe the mist thurf hire hete, Hit ne mai no fur for the colde. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 308 Ferrere mot he nouht, Scotlond forto se. c1386 G. Chaucer Friar's Tale 89 Sayde this yiman, ‘Wiltow fer to day?’ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17288 + 392 Iesus made hom semblant os he wald ferrer goo. c1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 303 It is sett undir a mannes ers to drawe out þe emeroides þat sittiþ hed fer yn. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 6091 Ay þe ferrer þat he gase. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xxvii. 363 No far thou shall. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. B1 How farre purpose you to trauell this way. 1709 R. Steele & J. Addison Tatler No. 114. ⁋1 We were now got pretty far into Westminster. a1801 R. Gall Tint Quey in Poems 173 Here, or we gae farer ben, Aiblins it's fitting to let ken To them wha reads, that [etc.]. 1814 R. Southey Roderick iii We travell'd fast and far. 1845 tr. Sue's Wandering Jew xvii. 86 Long bamboos which are driven far into the ground. b. figurative with reference to progressive action or condition: To a great length or degree. to go far to (produce a certain effect): to tend greatly. †to speak a person far: to go to great lengths in his praise. he (she, etc.) will go far and variants: he (she, etc.) is likely to be very successful or to achieve great things (in a given field or career). [with he (she, etc.) will go far compare French il ira loin] . ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > [adverb] > very far advanced overforth?c1225 far1360 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > commend or praise [verb (transitive)] > supremely or excessively crownc1175 overpraisea1387 overhighc1400 bedaub1581 superexalt1610 to speak a person fara1616 allaud1621 rave1621 stellify1628 beatifya1677 bepraise1774 to jump down a person's throat1809 rapturize1822 belauda1849 the world > existence and causation > causation > [verb (intransitive)] > lead or conduce to teemc1275 conduct1481 rixlec1540 tend1560 to conduce to1586 shapea1616 to go far to1668 the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > tendency > tend or incline [verb (transitive)] > tend, lead, or conduce to forwenda1325 tend1560 sway1570 affect1612 to trench on or upon1622 apta1640 predeterminea1667 to go far to1668 to run into ——1753 orient1952 tilt1976 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] stronglyeOE felec950 strongeOE highlyOE highOE greatlya1200 stourlya1225 greata1325 dreec1330 deeplya1400 mightya1400 dreichlyc1400 mighty?a1425 sorec1440 mainlyc1450 greatumly1456 madc1487 profoundly1489 stronglya1492 muchwhata1513 shrewlya1529 heapa1547 vengeance?1548 sorely1562 smartlyc1580 mightly1582 mightily1587 violently1601 intensively1604 almightily1612 violent1629 seriously1643 intensely1646 importunately1660 shrewdly1664 gey1686 sadly1738 plenty1775 vitally1787 substantively1795 badly1813 far1814 heavily1819 serious1825 measurably1834 dearly1843 bally1939 majorly1955 sizzlingly1956 majorly1978 fecking1983 1360–80 J. Wyclif Three Treat. xxii. (1879) 311 Þei shewen ferrere how þei ben disciplis of fals pharisees. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 11011 Bot elizabeth was ferrer gane. c1430 Chev. Assigne 311 I kan sey no furre. ?1542 H. Brinkelow Complaynt Roderyck Mors ii. sig. A8 This matter is so farre gone, that there is no remedy. 1576 A. Fleming Panoplie Epist. Ep. Ded. sig. ¶iii^v Least by presuming to farre, I should loose my selfe. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. xc. 278 a Who is so mad..vnlesse he be to farre gone, that standeth not in feare of them? 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 382 Maister Heskins store is farre spent. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) i. i. 24 You speake him farre . View more context for this quotation 1668 M. Hale Pref. Rolle's Abridgm. 3 Where the subject of any Law is single..prudence..may go far at one Essay to provide a fit law. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 34. ⁋4 There's no carrying a Metaphor too far, when a Lady's Charms are spoke of. 1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a3^v Where these two enter far into the Composition of any Work. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 219 To do all they could to hinder him to engage too far. 1814 M. M. Sherwood Stories Church Catech. (ed. 4) iv. 14 Both..very tipsy..one..so far gone, that she could not walk straight. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 233 This was going too far. 1834 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 467/2 He will go far, if far can be said of a country where nothing is far, where there is nothing left but the amiabilities of côteries, instead of the male and essential qualities of man. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation ii. x. 351 This high duty..went far to enable the distillers to fix the price of spirits. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. xlvii. 73 The Corinthians had gone too far,..to admit of listening to arbitration. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 44 You are already far gone in your love. 1893 J. M. Cobban Burden of Isabel i. 8 He has a fine head on him, has Alan; he's half Scots and half Lancashire, and he'll go far. 1944 Boys' Life Aug. 11/1 He is a fine soldier, brave, resourceful, and likely to go far. 2004 San Diego Mag. Feb. 35 If she works on honing a killer instinct..she'll go far in the sport, maybe even turn pro at 18. c. in time. †With genitive, far days, far nights: late in the day or night (cf. Greek πόρρω τῆς ἡμέρας, τῆς νυκτός); in later use also far-day, far-night (cf. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > night > [adverb] > late in the day far daysa1400 far nights1561 nightward1621 a1400–50 Alexander 3900 Be þai had fyneschid þis fiȝt was ferre in with euyn. c1440 Generydes 66 A man right ferre in age. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1868) 45 She happed to abide so longe on a sonday that it was fer dayes. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1822) i. 135 He wes waik, and fer run in yeris. 1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer sig. K.iij^v It was farre in nighte. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1148/2 It is far nights. 1602 2nd Pt. Returne from Pernassus (Arb.) iii. ii. 42 But the day is farre spent, M. Recorder. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd viii. 98 O how farre daies is it? 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 278 It was far-night ere we got away. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xxvi. 151 The day being now far spent. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh III. 2 Far gone as the day was. 1885 Manch. Examiner 10 Sept. 5/5 A heavy downpour which continued far into the night. 4. By a great interval, widely. a. of separation in place; figurative of estrangement or alienation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > at or by a (great) distance apart farc1400 widely1665 distantly1764 c1400 Rom. Rose 3483 His mercy was to ferre bihynde. 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Iv The heaven sainctes who be farrer distanted..from us then..London..from Cambredge. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 12 These two Sees were farre asonder, that is to say, Cauntorbury and Yorke. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 649 Following not farre after himselfe. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 105 He..leaves the Scythian Arrow far behind. View more context for this quotation 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 184 Far-distant from their native soil. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. xvii. 26 Mortham's lord grew far estranged From the bold heart with whom he ranged. b. qualifying adjectives, adverbs, or their equivalents, implying excess, defect, or variation from a standard. †In 16–17th centuries often prefixed to adjectives or adverbs of negative import, as in far unfit = far from fit. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference) > implying excess or defect farc1390 c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 552 Þei were weri of-fouȝten and feor ouer-charged. 1521 Bp. J. Fisher Wks. (1876) 348 This man gothe fer wyde from the streyght waye. a1555 J. Philpot in M. Coverdale Certain Lett. Martyrs (1564) 229 God knoweth it is written farre uneasely. 1564 E. Grindal Serm. Funeral Prince Ferdinandus 29 Preparations afore death..far out of square. 1614 R. Tailor Hogge hath lost Pearle ii. sig. C3^v Then my lord your father is farre impatient. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 532 A match thought farre vnfit for such a man. 1835 J. Ross Narr. Second Voy. North-west Passage xli. 545 We were often far underfed. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 198 They were not far wrong. c. of inequality or unlikeness. Often with comparatives or superlatives; sometimes more emphatically far (and) away. Also with verbs, as to differ, exceed, excel, etc. far other: widely different. †to distinguish far: to make a wide distinction. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent > to a great degree (of difference) farc900 largelyc1325 largea1400 widely1603 far-about1848 sizes1861 way1903 tons1908 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far great quantityc1330 far forthly1362 by farc1380 well awayc1390 by half?a1400 by mucha1450 far (and) away1546 by a great sort1579 to stand head and shoulders abovea1683 (by) a long way1741 by a jugful1831 by all odds1832 by a long, damn, etc., sight1834 out and away1834 (by) a long chalk1835 by chalks1835 by long chalks1835 by a street1886 a whole lot1886 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > [adjective] > very different far other1587 the world > relative properties > relationship > difference > be different [verb (intransitive)] > distinguish between skillc1200 shadea1400 discernc1400 superfine1689 to distinguish far1719 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iii. xiv. §2 Feor on oþre wisan. a1400–50 Alexander 3922 A beste..Fere fersere þan an olifaunt. 1496 Act 12 Hen. VII c. 6 They be sold far under the Price that they be worth. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 75 He passed farre his grandfather in synne. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. x. sig. Ciii^v Ye be better fed than taught far awaie. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Di Which differeth not farre from the declaration of Vitruuius. 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiv. 426 One that behild a farre other beautie,..and tasted a farre other pleasure than of the worlde. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Which farre exceedes his barren skill to show. View more context for this quotation 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Transl. Pref. 2 A farre most excellent weight of glory. 1646 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 124 No Englishman will..hold..that Scotland must be satisfied with it, farre leese that it be of the Scots framing. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 862 To answer, and resound farr other Song. View more context for this quotation a1687 W. Petty Polit. Arithm. (1691) i. 26 In France..the Hugonots are..far the greatest Traders. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 9 Of this various Matter..the far greatest part of the Terrestrial Globe consists. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 92. ⁋1 With us it is far otherwise. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 170 You will allow it to consist with me, as a Roman, to distinguish far, between a Protestant and a Pagan. 1743 J. Morris Serm. ii. 53 Paul uses this argument to prove charity far preferable. 1773 F. Burney Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1988) I. 236 [The delight] more, far away, than I have ever received. 1852 Democratic Rev. 11 Far and away the greatest. 1880 T. A. Spalding Elizabethan Demonol. 22 A slight surrender of principle was a far surer road to success. 1880 A. Trollope Duke's Children i. xxi. 253 He was far-and-away the cleverest of his party. 1883 W. E. Norris Thirlby Hall xxxiv You are far and away the greatest scoundrel I ever saw. 1885 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 29 528 The testator's estates were..incumbered..to an amount far beyond their value. †5. From a remote source. Obsolete except in combination: see far-fetched adj., etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] > from or at a distance > from a distance > from a remote source far1629 1629 tr. Herodian Hist. (1635) 65 For this purpose all kinde of wilde beasts were brought farre and neere. 1697 tr. Countess D'Aunoy's Trav. (1706) 34 Here's the Etymology of a Word drawn far enough. 6. Preceded by as, how, so, thus, the word (like many other quantitative adverbs and adjectives) often undergoes a change of meaning, the notion of definite quantity being substituted for the primary notion of great quantity. Hence the following modifications of the preceding senses: a. To or at a definite distance. ΚΠ a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 1238 Bi al-so fer so a boge mai ten. Ðor sat his moder. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 506 How farr es in to hell pitte. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 42. ¶4 When there is a Battle in the Hay-Market Theatre, one may hear it as far as Charing-Cross. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxvii. 215 I had not thought it possible to see so far through so dense a storm. b. Up to or at a particular point of advance. Also, as far as that goes (used to express disagreement) = on the contrary; as far as, so far as [so adv. and conj. 35b] , in so far as it concerns (me, etc.); as for. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to a certain extent as far asa1400 (up) to a (certain) point1774 the world > space > distance > [preposition] > as far as to971 forthc1449 as far as1720 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 2253 Now we haue vs sped sa ferr. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ii. 60 Sith that it is soo ferre come that ye wyll not here vs, we shall kepe our peas. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Chron. xviii. C Who am I? and what is my house, y^t thou hast broughte me thus farre? 1611 Bible (King James) Jer. li. 64 Thus farre are the words of Ieremiah. View more context for this quotation 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §105 If a Man would endeuour to raise or fall his Voice..as farre as an Eighth. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 182 The King was almost as far as Banbury. 1833 C. F. Crusé tr. Eusebius Eccl. Hist. (ed. 2) i. v. 29 Thus far Josephus. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India I. App. iv. 469 Menander..went on as far as the Isamus. 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxiii. 221 She..could make an ormolu bracelet go as far as another woman's emerald clasps. 1895 N.E.D. at Far Mod. So far no great harm has been done. 1905 A. Lang Adv. among Bks. 231 As far as that goes..most of you were highly favoured. 1926 H. W. Fowler Dict. Mod. Eng. Usage 170/1 As or so far as x cannot be used as short for as far as x goes or so far as concerns x. 1939 H. S. Canby Thoreau xiv. 217 The cabin..was in perfect condition so far as frame and covering until 1868. 1960 J. F. Kennedy in U.S. News & World Rep. 26 Sept. 76/1 As far as whether I could attend this sort of a function in your church..then I could attend. c. To a certain extent or degree. as far as (I, etc.) see him: normally in contexts implying distrust. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > by or to a great degree or extent mickleseOE mickleeOE sevensitheOE highOE muchc1225 wellc1300 fara1400 goodlya1450 long?a1475 farlya1500 largea1522 muchly1621 very1641 heartily1727 lot1839 lot1855 big time1957 batshit1993 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16386 Sacles es he sa feir se sum i can. c1400 Rom. Rose 2209 Hated bothe of olde and yong, As fer as Gaweyn the worthy, Was preised for his curtesie. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 1 As fer as my wrecchednes wold suffyse. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 116^v The Bay [horse] is most of pryce as farre as I see at this day. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 84^v For thou.., wilt not permitte any (as farre as in thee lyeth) to be well employed. 1601 J. Manningham in C. M. Ingleby & L. T. Smith Shakespeare's Cent. Prayse (1879) 45 A Citizen gaene soe farr in liking with him. 1606 J. Day Ile of Guls sig. C2 Am... Wil you trust him? Iul. Yes as farre as I see him. 1638 Duke of Hamilton in Hamilton Papers (1880) 18 How fare I shall be abill to prevall uith him I can not yett tell. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. viii. 35 He may be so farre a good man, as to be free from giving offence. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) I. iii. 46 Such persons may so far conduce to the temporal prosperity of a nation. 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 119 But this law so far as it prescribed a new bushel, had never been executed. 1835 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece I. 423 To decide how far he deserved it. 1848 A. Trollope Kellys & O'Kellys I. i. 15 He knows what he's about, and isn't the man to thrust a Protesthant half as far as he'd see him. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 427 Let us endeavour to ascertain how far we are consistent with ourselves. 1969 ‘A. Gilbert’ Missing from Home xiii. 205 ‘She doesn't trust us as far as she can see us,’ Charlie remarked. 7. a. †of, on far: see afar adv. †upon far: at a distance. from far: at a distance (cf. ferren adv. and adj.). by far: by a great interval (= sense 4); see by prep. 18b in so far: to such an extent. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adverb] wideOE awaya1375 upon farc1380 offc1400 aferroma1425 at length?1611 in distans1645 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > greatly or very much [phrase] > to a great extent or by far great quantityc1330 far forthly1362 by farc1380 well awayc1390 by half?a1400 by mucha1450 far (and) away1546 by a great sort1579 to stand head and shoulders abovea1683 (by) a long way1741 by a jugful1831 by all odds1832 by a long, damn, etc., sight1834 out and away1834 (by) a long chalk1835 by chalks1835 by long chalks1835 by a street1886 a whole lot1886 the world > relative properties > quantity > degree or relative amount of a quality, action, etc. > [adverb] > to such an extent as fortha1000 insomuchc1380 so mucha1425 pro tanto1621 such much1832 in so far1888 c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 17 Sum of hem comen fro ferre. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 13457 Fra ful ferr can þai till him seke. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6655 Þam thoght him hornd apon farr. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xix. 86 To þat ymage men commez fra ferre in pilgrimages. a1425 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Galba) l. 27643 Sin es fowler þan any deuil in hell by fer. c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 276 Thair wes the greiter slauchter be over far maid vpoun the Inglis. 1646 H. More Philos. Devotion in Democritus Platonissans sig. E3^v Lo! from farre I you salute. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Antiq. Jews i. xix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 30 Thus far of his apology was made. 1764 O. Goldsmith Traveller 3 That, like the circle bounding earth and skies, Allures from far. 1871 S. Smiles Character x. 282 By far the largest class of readers. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. I. viii. 104 Eloquence..imagination..or extent of knowledge, are all in so far a gain to him that they make him a bigger man. †b. to have far to: to have a long way to go to, be far from. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] to have far to1377 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 477 Þe vyker had fer home & faire toke his leue. 1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xii. 196 Folwe forþ þat fortune wol; thou hast ful fer to elde. Compounds C1. a. When far (in senses 1 – 5) qualifies a participial adjective used attributively, it is usually hyphenated, thus giving rise to an unlimited number of quasi-compounds, as far-beaming, far-branching, far-embracing, far-extending, far-flying, far-going, far-ranging, far-travelled, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > far-travelling far-comea1000 room-riddenc1450 far-went1609 far-travelled1905 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vi. f. xxii^v Makynge one perfyt persone and one farpassynge perfyte persone of god and man togyther. 1596 E. Spenser View State Ireland 2 The manner rather of desperate men farre driven. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 19 Far-shooting Phœbus. 1601 R. Yarington Two Lamentable Trag. sig. E4 I will..liue in some farre moved continent. a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 133 These Saphir far-extending Hights. 1688 Addr. in London Gaz. No. 2536/1 Your far distanced New England Subjects. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 127 O Queen! whose far-resounding fame, Is bounded only by the starry frame. 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 272 Their Arms Far-gleaming, dart the same united Blaze. 1781 S. Johnson Swift in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VIII. 86 Variegated by far-sought learning. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 184 Mighty winds That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xl. 81 Leucadia's far-projecting rock of woe. 1820 J. Keats Eve of St. Agnes in Lamia & Other Poems 97 Far-heard clarionet. 1838 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (ed. 2) 1st Ser. 91 Expressing profound and farstretching thoughts in the simplest words. 1852 J. A. Roebuck Hist. Whig Ministry II. 32 The view was exceedingly offensive to the far-going reformers. 1854 Excelsior II. 128 His venerable and far-travelled friend. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art ii. 139 Consider what a far-branching, far-embracing good you have wrought. 1864 C. Engel Music Most Anc. Nations 232 Far-spread popularity. 1870 tr. F. Marion's Wonderful Balloon Ascents i. i. 5 The far-flying comets. 1889 F. E. Gretton Memory's Harkback 135 A far-going Whig. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 9 Sept. 2/3 Far-travelled tourists. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 5 One single far-ranging rifle-bullet. 1939 War Illustr. 4 Nov. 283/3 Far-flying squadrons over home waters and foreign seas had splendidly maintained our cause. 1959 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. xix. 201 The intellectuals whose far-ranging thought had provided the inspiration of the revolution. 1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 240/3 Far-going mechanisation and cost-reduction is rendered possible. b. rarely in similar quasi-combination with verbal nouns, as far-flashing, far-withdrawal. ΚΠ 1822 P. B. Shelley Hellas 18 The far flashing of their starry lances Reverberates the dying light of day. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life xvii Their..strange effect of far-withdrawal. C2. far-apart adj. at a great distance (from). ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] sideOE fara1000 ferrenc1160 lungeteync1330 on dreicha1400 yondera1413 widec1425 roomc1443 lontaignec1450 remote1533 distant1549 remotedc1580 disloigned1596 discoasted1598 dissite1600 far-off1600 aloof1608 longinque1614 distantial1648 Atlantic1790 far-distant1793 far-away1816 far-apart1865 way off1871 1865 Punch 27 May 215/1 What, Sir, is the object of a railway? To do away with distance, and bring far-apart scenes within the easy reach of all. 1955 E. Bowen World of Love xi. 222 The sky..let fall far-apart tepid drops. far-being n. the state of being at a distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [noun] > state of being at a distance far-beinga1586 awayness1887 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. vii. sig. S4 The dissolution of the fare being from comfort. † far-born adj. Obsolete born long ago. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > [adjective] > born > born long ago far-born1672 1672 W. Wycherley Love in Wood iii. i Nine-and-thirty years old, mistress? I'd have you to know I am no far-born child. far-darter n. one who sends darts to or from a great distance. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > other types of scare-fly1587 far-darter1598 baby-eater1848 the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Apollo Phoebusc1275 Pythian1565 far-darter1598 the Latoniana1822 Loxian1840 society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one using missiles > dart lancera1500 darter1565 far-darter1598 dartman1606 dartsman1770 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades i. 91 This is cause why heaven's Far-darter darts These plagues amongst us. 1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 500 Dimly he remembered..the sight Of the Far-darter. far-darting adj. esp. as epithet of Apollo, the far-darter. ΚΠ 1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 199 And near at hand the far-darting glances of the god. 1851 T. A. Buckley tr. Homer Iliad i. 4 The wrath of Apollo, the far-darting king. 1871 W. Whitman Passage to India (1872) 6 The far-darting beams of the spirit! † far-day n. [compare 3c] Obsolete the latter part of the day. ΘΚΠ the world > time > day and night > day or daytime > evening > [noun] evenOE eventideOE eveningOE eventimeOE evea1250 evetimec1300 even whilea1375 evetidea1382 supper timec1390 supper whilea1425 forenight1513 evening-tide1521 supperwardc1563 after-supperc1596 Vesperugo1600 vesper1613 far-day1650 eveg1675 evg1777 dew-falla1822 1650 H. Vaughan Silex Scintillans 54 Far-day sullies flowres. far-distant adj. at a great distance. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] sideOE fara1000 ferrenc1160 lungeteync1330 on dreicha1400 yondera1413 widec1425 roomc1443 lontaignec1450 remote1533 distant1549 remotedc1580 disloigned1596 discoasted1598 dissite1600 far-off1600 aloof1608 longinque1614 distantial1648 Atlantic1790 far-distant1793 far-away1816 far-apart1865 way off1871 1793 J. Barlow in Amer. Poems I. 86 Far-distant land. 1936 Mind 45 549 Modern astronomical researches into far-distant stars. far-eastern adj. belonging to the extreme east. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > East > [adjective] > most eastmosteOE eastermost1555 easternmosta1631 far-eastern1913 1913 A. Fortescue Lesser Eastern Churches ii. 36 Edessa certainly was the chief see of far-eastern Christendom. far-eyed adj. = far-sighted adj. ΚΠ a1882 R. W. Emerson Wks. (1883) IX. 258 The height of Fancy's far-eyed steep. 1903 T. Hardy Dynasts i. vi. i. 109 The wariness That marks your usual far-eyed policy. far-farer n. rare = far-goer n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely far traveller1624 far-goer1841 far-farer1861 globetrotter1873 trekker1932 1861 G. W. Dasent tr. Story Burnt Njal II. 354 Thorwald Kodran's son, the far-farer. far-foamed adj. fringed with foam for a great distance. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > gas > gas or air in liquid or effervescence > [adjective] > full of or covered with foam or froth > fringed with foam for a great distance far-foamed1820 1820 J. Keats Hyperion: a Fragm. ii, in Lamia & Other Poems 177 Murmurs, which his first-endeavouring tongue Caught infant-like from the far-foamed sands. far-goer n. one who goes far, literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > far or widely far traveller1624 far-goer1841 far-farer1861 globetrotter1873 trekker1932 1841 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) VI. 358 The party which the far-goers at least of the deliberants, believe to be the least undeserving of the two. far-northern adj. lying in the extreme north. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > North > [adjective] > most northereOE northmosteOE northest1488 northermost1572 northernmost1661 normost1694 far-northern1856 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 309 The temperature of these far-northern regions. far-point n. Optics the extreme range. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > [noun] > near or far point far-point1876 near-point1876 1876 J. Bernstein Five Senses 72 The far-point of the eye. far-seeing adj. = far-sighted adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > prudence, discretion > [adjective] warec888 wiseOE adviseda1325 witty1340 prudenta1382 thoughtfula1400 wisea1400 well-advisedc1405 visablea1450 canny1581 judicious1598 serious-minded1694 expedient1828 far-seeing1837 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > provident foresight, prudence > [adjective] purveyable?a1425 pensivec1425 providenta1450 provide?a1475 purveyanta1500 prospective1581 prospecting1602 provisional1603 providentiala1646 provisionary1647 prospicient1654 provisive1677 forethoughtful1809 far-seeing1837 provisory1843 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > [adjective] > showing clarity of vision clear1340 well-sighteda1529 clear-eyed1530 quick-sighted1542 thorough-seeing1556 quick-eyed1561 (a person) of a far fetch1574 sharpsighted1583 clear-sighted1586 perspicacious1640 far-sighted1641 clear-headed1709 pellucid1813 far-seeing1837 1837 H. W. Longfellow Voices of Night (1843) 42 The Poet..far-seeing. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. viii. ii. 233 Though wise and farseeing, Harold was not suspicious. 1943 W. S. Churchill End of Beginning 240 The wise, far-seeing appeals of the American President. far-seen adj. seen at a distance; also Scottish = far-sighted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > looking at or beholding > looked at or seen > at a distance far-seen1744 1744 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons (new ed.) 165 From lofty Caucasus, far-seen by Those Who in the Caspian..toil. 1827 J. Keble Christian Year I. xxxi. 123 Two silent nights and days In calmness for His far-seen hour He stays. far-shot adj. = far-shooting. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > far far-shot?1615 long shot1781 ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) viii. 453 Useful Mercury And far-shot Phœbus. far-southern adj. at the extreme south. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > direction > cardinal points > South > [adjective] > most southerOE southmostOE southermost1555 southernmost1591 far-southern1856 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiii. 228 Commodore Wilkes in his far-southern discovery of an Antarctic continent. far-thinking adj. = far-sighted adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [adjective] > having or demonstrating foresight foreknowingc1374 fore-wisec1540 (a person) of a far fetch1574 forecastful1576 foresightfula1586 prescientc1599 far-sighted1641 prescious1642 foresighted1660 long-headed1665 prescientiala1699 long-sighted1701 prevoyant1785 precognizant1840 telescopic1856 far-thinking1937 precognitive1974 1937 B. H. L. Hart Europe in Arms xv. 211 They can hardly fulfil such a far-thinking role. † far-went adj. Obsolete that has wended or travelled far. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] > far-travelling far-comea1000 room-riddenc1450 far-went1609 far-travelled1905 1609 Bp. W. Barlow Answer Catholike English-man 191 The Gibeonites came to Iosua like far-went Trauellers. far-western adj. belonging to the extreme west. ΚΠ 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. iv. 121 [Northern English] is not so Courtly..as our Southerne English is, no more is the far Westerne mans speach. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1420adj.a1000v.OEadv.c825
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