deep-fetched, † -fet, ppl. a.
(ˈdiːpˌfɛtʃt, -ˌfɛt)
[deep adv. 3.]
Fetched from deep in the bosom, or from far below the surface of things; far-fetched.
| 1562 Cooper Answ. Priv. Masse (1850) 130 O profound and deep-fetched reason. 1593 Shakes. 2 Hen. VI, ii. iv. 33 To see my teares, and heare my deepe-fet groanes. 1604 Meeting of Gallants 20 Vomiting out some two or three deepe-fetch Oaths. a 1618 Sylvester Panaretus 465 And sending forth a deep-fet sigh. 1647 H. More Poems, Resolution 109 By deep-fetchd sighs and pure devotion. 1708 Ozell tr. Boileau's Lutrin 10 With deep fetch'd Bellowings the noble Beast Exhales his Spirits. |