farrago

[fuh-rah-goh, -rey-]

noun

plural

farragoes 

1. a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley.

   a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.

farrago

/ fəˈrædʒɪnəs, fəˈrɑːɡəʊ /

noun

1. a hotchpotch

Other Word Forms

• farraginous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of farrago¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of farrago¹

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