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- 1. a confused mixture: "a farrago of fact and myth about Abraham Lincoln"
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noun. far· ra· go fə-ˈrä- (ˌ)gō -ˈrā- plural farragoes. Synonyms of farrago. : a confused mixture : hodgepodge. Did you know? Farrago might seem an unlikely relative of farina (the name for the mealy breakfast cereal), but the two terms have their roots in the same Latin noun. Both derive from far, the Latin name for spelt (a type of grain).
noun [ C ] US formal disapproving uk / fəˈrɑː.ɡəʊ / us / fəˈrɑː.ɡoʊ / plural farragos or US farragoes. Add to word list. a confused mixture: farrago of He told us a farrago of lies. Synonyms. hodgepodge US. hotchpotch mainly UK. mishmash informal. ragbag. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Variety and mixtures.
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 definition: a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley. See examples of FARRAGO used in a sentence.
If you describe something as a farrago, you are critical of it because you think it is a confused mixture of different types of things. [ formal , disapproval ] His own books and memoirs are a farrago of half-truth and outright invention.
noun [ C ] US formal disapproving us / fəˈrɑː.ɡoʊ / uk / fəˈrɑː.ɡəʊ / plural farragos or US farragoes. Add to word list. a confused mixture: farrago of He told us a farrago of lies. Synonyms. hodgepodge US. hotchpotch mainly UK. mishmash informal. ragbag. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Variety and mixtures.
Definition of farrago noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Farrago. mixed fodder for cattle, hence, a confused mixture or hotchpotch of things or persons. Examples: farrago of cant; of cowardice, 1827; of cunning; of doubts; of fears; of hope; of lies; of popery, Arminianism, and what not, 1637; of wishes. Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms.
Noun. Filter. noun. farragoes. An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration. American Heritage. A confused mixture; jumble; hodgepodge. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: omnium-gatherum. gallimaufry. hotchpotch. mingle-mangle. ragbag. melange. oddments. odds and ends. hodgepodge. mishmash. olio. mess. jumble. medley.
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