farrago

[ fuh-rah-goh, -rey- ]
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noun,plural far·ra·goes.
  1. a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley: a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.

Origin of farrago

1
1625–35; <Latin: literally, mixed crop of feed grains, equivalent to farr- (stem of far) emmer + -āgō suffix noting kind or nature

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How to use farrago in a sentence

  • It was even said she had a chance of succeeding Professor farrago as president, but that, of course, must have been a joke.

    In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
  • Professor farrago was absent, but I took it upon myself to send back word that I feared the tigers might injure her.

    In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers
  • But Professor farrago refused to resign unless your position was assured, subject, of course, to your good behavior.

    In Search of the Unknown | Robert W. Chambers

British Dictionary definitions for farrago

farrago

/ (fəˈrɑːɡəʊ) /


nounplural -gos or -goes
  1. a hotchpotch

Origin of farrago

1
C17: from Latin: mash for cattle (hence, a mixture), from fār spelt

Derived forms of farrago

  • farraginous (fəˈrædʒɪnəs), adjective

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