Farset

/ˈfɑɹˌsɛt/ noun

Definition

An archaic or rare term, possibly relating to a specific geological feature or a dialectal word with unclear modern usage.

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly related to 'far' and 'set' (a place where something is set), but the word appears so rarely in historical texts that its etymology remains unclear to modern scholars.

Kelly Says

Some English words are so forgotten that they exist only in a handful of manuscript pages—'farset' might be one them, a linguistic ghost from a world we can barely reconstruct.

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