Definition of "far-sought" []

• Sought at a distance; far-fetched: as, far-sought learning.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Fine sentiments, which never existed, false and unnatural thoughts, obscure and far-sought expressions, not only unintelligible, but which it is even impossible to decipher, or to guess at, are all the consequences of this error; and two-thirds of the new French books which now appear are made up of those ingredients."
• "Some examples of these finer rhythms, in addition to the particular forms already given -- rhythms not altogether 'learned,' but occasionally far-sought and peculiarly delicate -- may be profitably examined."
• "His material was never far-sought; (it is still disputed whether the fullest head of which we have record were cultivated beyond the range of grammar-school precedent!) but he used it with a poetic instinct which we cannot parallel, identified himself with it, yet remained always its born and question-less master."