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Brought from far, or from a remote place.

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  1. a. Brought from far, or from a remote place.
  2. a. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.
  3. adj. (of an idea or story) so exaggerated or ludicrous as to be improbable
  4. adj. (of a theory or explanation) highly imaginative but unlikely and unconvincing
  5. 1. Brought from far, or from a remote place. Every remedy contained a multitude of farfetched and heterogeneous ingredients. Hawthorne. 2. Studiously sought; not easily or naturally deduced or introduced; forced; strained.
  6. s. highly imaginative but unlikely