farrago
[ fuh-rah-goh, -rey- ]
/ fəˈrɑ goʊ, -ˈreɪ- /
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noun, plural far·ra·goes.
a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley: a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes.
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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
Words nearby farrago
far piece, far-point, Farquhar, Farquhar Islands, farraginous, farrago, Farragut, Farragut, David, Farrakhan, Farrar, far-reaching
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British Dictionary definitions for farrago
farrago
/ (fəˈrɑːɡəʊ) /
noun plural -gos or -goes
a hotchpotch
Derived forms of farrago
farraginous (fəˈrædʒɪnəs), adjectiveWord Origin for farrago
C17: from Latin: mash for cattle (hence, a mixture), from fār spelt
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