farrago - 4 dictionary results
far⋅ra⋅go
[fuh-rah-goh, -rey-] 
–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
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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Farrago
Far*ra"go\, n. [L. farrago, -aginis, mixed fodder for cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.] A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture. A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes, and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. --Sheridan.
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farrago
1632, from L. farrago "medley, mix of grains for animal feed," from far "corn."
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