farrago
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin farrāgo (“mixed fodder; mixture, hodgepodge”), from far (“spelt (a kind of wheat), coarse meal, grits”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /fəˈreɪɡoʊ/, /fəˈrɑːɡoʊ/
Noun [edit]
farrago (plural farragos or farragoes)
- A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.
- a. 1900, William Barclay Squire, Balfe, Michael William, article in Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 3,
- Balfe's next work, 'The Maid of Artois,' was written to a libretto furnished by Bunn, the first of those astonishing farragoes of balderdash which raised the Drury Lane manager to the first rank amongst poetasters.
- 1911, Drama, 11f: Modern English Drama, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition,
- Hastily adapted by slovenly hacks, their librettos (often witty in the original) became incredible farragos of metreless doggrel and punning ineptitude.
- 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Penguin Books, paperback edition, page 72
- Or, This is a farrago of absurdity, I could never feel anything of the sort myself.
- 2005 November 7, Toronto Star,
- The original script is a complicated farrago of intertwined greed and lust, with marriages being planned and hearts being broken in order to accumulate fortunes as well as romance.
- a. 1900, William Barclay Squire, Balfe, Michael William, article in Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 3,
Synonyms [edit]
- (confused miscellany): hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag
- See also Wikisaurus:hodgepodge
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
confused miscellany
