farfamed

Celebrated far and near; widely known. "The far- famed castle of the Elector Palatine was turned into a heap of ruins." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xi *far-fet, a. Far-fetched. ( Lit. & Fig .) *far-fetch, s. A deeply-laid or cunning stratagem. *far-fetch, v. t. To bring from far; to draw conclusions remote from or little justified by the prem ises. far-fetched, a. 1. Lit .: Brought from a far or distant place. "We traced the far - fetched gold unto the mine." Dryden: To the Lord Protector , xxx i. 2. Fig .: Studiously sought; elaborately strained; not easily or naturally introduced. "His discredit in his over-strained and far -fetched derivations." - Fuller : Pisgah Sight ; Directions for Index. *far-forth, *fer-forth, adv . [FAR FORTH.] *far-most, *fer-most, a. [FARMOST.] far-off, a. Distant, remote.