far-fetchedness

noun

Etymology

From far-fetched + -ness.

Definitions

  1. The quality of being far-fetched.

    • The mystery plot is, on its own terms, tightly knit and free of gratuitous touches. In fact, much of the screenplay's humor grows out of the very far-fetchedness of its story.
    • Examples of Gershwin's free atonality in parts of Porgy and Bess were also appreciated, but making specific thematic links between the two composers had the far-fetchedness of an academic with too little to do.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for far-fetchedness. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA