Farrago \Far*ra"go\, n. [L. farrago, -aginis, mixed fodder for
cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.]
A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a
medley; a mixture.
[1913 Webster]
A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes,
and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
farrago
n : a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends, oddments,
melange, ragbag, hodgepodge, mishmash, mingle-mangle,
hotchpotch, omnium-gatherum]
[also: farragoes (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
farragoes (pl), hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
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