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noun
- 1. a confused mixture: "a farrago of fact and myth about Abraham Lincoln"
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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. all manner of something idiom.
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). In Latin, farrago meant "mixed fodder"—cattle feed, that is.
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. [+ of] Synonyms: hotchpotch, mixture, jumble, medley More Synonyms of farrago.
noun [ C ] 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. all manner of something idiom.
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.
far·ra·go. (fə-rä′gō, -rā′-) n. pl. far·ra·goes. An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration: "their special farrago of resentments" (William Safire). [Latin farrāgō, mixed fodder, hodgepodge, from far, farr-, a kind of grain; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.]
Dictionary definition of farrago. A disorganized, confused, or jumbled mixture or medley of various elements, often with little or no coherence. "The news article was a farrago of rumors and false information." Detailed meaning of farrago.
Definition of farrago noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
