farrago
Americannoun
plural
farragoesnoun
Other Word Forms
- farraginous adjective
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
Example Sentences
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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
It’s “a farrago of zinger-stocked dialogue, vaudeville-style antics and musical numbers only pretending to co-exist as a coherent plot,” Ben Brantley wrote in his review for The Times.
From New York Times • May 9, 2022
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
On a trip to a London school, Mr Johnson joked that this was "the one thing I object to in this whole farrago of nonsense", adding: "I love John Lewis."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2021
He was seventy-five when he published his edition of Pope, and to save himself trouble he apportioned out the old farrago in notes.
From The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 New Edition by Pope, Alexander
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