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farrago

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far⋅ra⋅go

  [fuh-rah-goh, -rey-]
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–noun, plural -goes.
a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley: a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.
Origin:
1625–35; < L: lit., mixed crop of feed grains, equiv. to farr- (s. of far) emmer + -āgō suffix noting kind or nature
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far·ra·go   (fə-rä'gō, -rā'-)   
n.   pl. far·ra·goes
An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration: "their special farrago of resentments" (William Safire).

[Latin farrāgō, mixed fodder, hodgepodge, from far, farr-, a kind of grain; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

farrago 
1632, from L. farrago "medley, mix of grains for animal feed," from far "corn."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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