farrago
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goʊ, -ˈreɪ- noun, plural far·ra·goes.
a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley: a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.
Origin:
1625–35; < Latin: literally, mixed crop of feed grains, equivalent to farr- (stem of far) emmer + -āgō suffix noting kind or nature
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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| —n , pl -gos, -goes | |
| a hotchpotch | |
| [C17: from Latin: mash for cattle (hence, a mixture), from fār spelt] | |
| farraginous | |
| —adj | |
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Farrago
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
farrago
1632, from L. farrago "medley, mix of grains for animal feed," from far "corn."
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Example sentences
It is unlikely that anyone will come out of the present farrago of accusation and counter-accusation looking good.
In all this farrago, she never gives the reader an atom of information worth the paper which she.
Not before time, this legislative farrago is about to be swept away.
To make things worse, his prose style is an unwieldy farrago of clichés.
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