farrago
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farragoes
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Etymology
Origin of farrago
1625–35; < Latin: literally, mixed crop of feed grains, equivalent to farr- (stem of far ) emmer + -āgō suffix noting kind or nature
Explanation
A farrago is a pile of odds and ends or a random assortment of stuff. If your teacher said your paper was a farrago of thoughts, that's not good: a farrago is a disorganized mix of things that don't fit together. Farrago sounds more formal than hodgepodge or mishmash, but it means about the same thing. A flea market usually features a farrago of antiques and old junk. And kids get a farrago of treats — chocolates, lollipops, the occasional box of raisins — on Halloween.
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The latter, featuring long pasta tubes with a farrago of bold seasonings, inspired me to try Ms. Moyer-Nocchi’s recipe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026
The play on which this dead-serious farrago is based was written by Victorien Sardou, the reigning French master of theatrical sensation, who was also the source for Puccini’s “Tosca” around the same time.
From New York Times ● Jan. 1, 2023
Smith went on to manage Scotland in the wake of the farrago that was Berti Vogts' tenure.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2021
The comparison doesn’t exactly flatter Pearce’s movie, an uneven farrago of science-fiction thriller and child abduction drama just about held together by Ahmed’s forceful and committed performance as a man teetering on the brink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
Surely no mortal can decipher such a farrago of alphabetical obscurity.
From An Ocean Tramp by William McFee
We have rejected some outlandish farragoes, from a conviction that they were by no means adapted to an English palate.
From The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual by William Kitchiner
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