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• far-fetched — also far fetched, farfetched, 1560s, brought from afar, from FAR (Cf. far) + pp. of FETCH (Cf. fetch). An earlier form was far fet (1530s). Figurative sense is from c.1600 …   Etymology dictionary

• far-fetched — [ ,far fetʃt ] adjective difficult to believe because it is very unlikely …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• far-fetched and dear-bought is good for ladies — Expensive or exotic articles are suitable for women. c 1350 Douce MS 52 no. 7 Ferre ifet and dere i bowght is goode for ladys. 1583 B. MELBANCKE Philotimus 18 Pallas..is..hard to be found, but easy to be intreated, to be farre fetchte & deare… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• far-fetched — UK [ˌfɑː(r) ˈfetʃt] / US [ˌfɑr ˈfetʃt] adjective difficult to believe because it is very unlikely …   English dictionary

• FET — abbr. Far Eastern Time federal excise fax field effect transistor …   Dictionary of English abbreviation

• far-fetched — [ˌfɑː ˈfetʃt] adj very unlikely to be true and therefore difficult to believe …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Afanasy Fet — Afanasy Afanasievich Fet (Афанасий Афанасьевич Фет, December 5, 1820 December 3, 1892), or Foeth, later changed his name to Shenshin (Шеншин), was a poet who dominated the Russian poetry during the last quarter of the 19th century. Life Afanasy… …   Wikipedia

• farfet — adjective Etymology: Middle English fer fet, from fer far + fet, past participle of fetten to fetch more at far, fet obsolete : farfetched * * * farˈ fetchedˈ (obsolete …   Useful english dictionary

• Farfet — Far fet , a. [Far + fet, p. p. of {Fette}.] Farfetched. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] York with his farfet policy. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Field-effect transistor — FET redirects here. For other uses, see FET (disambiguation). High power N channel field effect transistor The field effect transistor (FET) is a transistor that relies on an electric field to control the shape and hence the conductivity of a… …   Wikipedia