单词 | far-fetch |
释义 | † far-fetchn. Obsolete. 1. A deeply-laid or cunning stratagem. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > a wile or cunning device wrenchc888 craftOE turnc1225 ginc1275 play?a1300 enginec1300 wrenkc1325 forsetc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 cautel138. subtletya1393 wilea1400 tramc1400 wrinkle1402 artc1405 policy?1406 subtilityc1410 subtiltyc1440 jeopardy1487 jouk1513 pawka1522 frask1524 false point?1528 conveyance1534 compass1540 fineness1546 far-fetch?a1562 stratagem1561 finesse1562 entrapping1564 convoyance1578 lift1592 imagine1594 agitation1600 subtleship1614 artifice1620 navation1628 wimple1638 rig1640 lapwing stratagem1676 feint1679 undercraft1691 fly-flap1726 management1736 fakement1811 old tricka1822 fake1829 trickeration1940 swiftie1945 shrewdie1961 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > a trick, deception wrenchc888 swikec893 braida1000 craftOE wile1154 crookc1175 trokingc1175 guile?c1225 hocket1276 blink1303 errorc1320 guileryc1330 sleightc1340 knackc1369 deceitc1380 japec1380 gaudc1386 syllogism1387 mazec1390 mowa1393 train?a1400 trantc1400 abusionc1405 creekc1405 trickc1412 trayc1430 lirtc1440 quaint?a1450 touch1481 pawka1522 false point?1528 practice1533 crink1534 flim-flamc1538 bobc1540 fetcha1547 abuse1551 block1553 wrinklec1555 far-fetch?a1562 blirre1570 slampant1577 ruse1581 forgery1582 crank1588 plait1589 crossbite1591 cozenage1592 lock1598 quiblin1605 foist1607 junt1608 firk1611 overreach?1615 fob1622 ludification1623 knick-knacka1625 flam1632 dodge1638 gimcrack1639 fourbe1654 juggle1664 strategy1672 jilt1683 disingenuity1691 fun1699 jugglementa1708 spring1753 shavie1767 rig?1775 deception1794 Yorkshire bite1795 fakement1811 fake1829 practical1833 deceptivity1843 tread-behind1844 fly1861 schlenter1864 Sinonism1864 racket1869 have1885 ficelle1890 wheeze1903 fast one1912 roughie1914 spun-yarn trick1916 fastie1931 phoney baloney1933 fake-out1955 okey-doke1964 mind-fuck1971 ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 34 Ye, may se..howe she can compasse a matter to worke displeasure by a farre fetche. 1573 G. Gascoigne & F. Kinwelmersh Iocasta ii. i, in G. Gascoigne Hundreth Sundrie Flowres sig. Ov This minde of mine Doth fleete full farre from that farfetch of his. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 185 Jesuits have deeper reaches In all their Politick Far-fetches. 2. Fondness for far-fetched ideas. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > [noun] > other specific styles mock-heroica1668 far-fetch1813 periodicalism1837 pastoralism1842 book-speech1852 nounism1904 regionalism1909 Time-ese1952 kitchen-sinkery1964 nukespeak1979 1813 W. Taylor Eng. Synonyms 64 Wieland had too fine a smell; his reader must be practised, to be aware of his far-fetch. 3. attributive or adj.= far-fetched adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > brought from a distance far-fet1578 far-fetched1583 far-fetch1603 1603 C. Heydon Def. Iudiciall Astrol. xviii. 365 Had he neuer printed it, this farre-fetch deriuation had neuer beene dearely bought. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). † far-fetchv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To derive in a far-fetched manner. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > distortion or perversion of meaning > pervert or distort [verb (transitive)] > derive wrongly far-fetch1639 misderive1817 the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [verb (transitive)] > trace etymology of > in improper or far-fetched manner wresta1599 strain1605 wrench1605 far-fetch1639 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iv. ii. 168 It seemeth a forced and overstrained deduction, to farrefetch the name of Tartars from an Hebrew word. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 193 There is such a difference between far-reaching and far-fetching. 1929 D. H. Lawrence Pornogr. & So On (1936) 16 Poetry more and more tends to far-fetch its word-meanings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.?a1562v.1639 |
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