farrago

  • 11farrago — index confusion (turmoil), melange Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 12farrago — ► NOUN (pl. farragos or US farragoes) ▪ a confused mixture. ORIGIN Latin, mixed fodder , from far corn …

    English terms dictionary

  • 13farrago — [fə rā′gō, fərä′gō] n. pl. farragoes [L, mixed fodder for cattle, mixture, medley < far: see FARINA] a confused mixture; jumble; hodgepodge farraginous [fəraj′ə nəs] adj …

    English World dictionary

  • 14Farrago — Infobox Newspaper name = Farrago caption = type = Student newspaper format = Magazine foundation = 1925 ceased publication = price = Free owners = Melbourne University Student Union publisher = editor = chiefeditor = assoceditor = staff =… …

    Wikipedia

  • 15Farrago — (Del lat. farrago, onis.) ► sustantivo masculino Aglomeración desordenada y confusa de cosas o ideas. * * * fárrago (del lat. «farrāgo», mezcla de trigo y harina) m. *Aglomeración *desordenada y confusa de cosas superfluas. * * * farrago. m.… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 16farrago — (fa rra go) s. m. 1°   Mélange de diverses espèces de grains. 2°   Fig. Amas, mélange confus de choses disparates. Ce livre est un farrago. HISTORIQUE    XVIe s. •   Le farrage est une composition de plusieurs grains francs et sauvages, qu on… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 17farrago — /fəˈragoʊ/ (say fuh rahgoh) noun (plural farragoes) a confused mixture; a hotchpotch; a medley: a farrago of doubts; a farrago of fears; a farrago of hopes; a farrago of nonsense. {Latin: mixed fodder, medley} …

  • 18fárrago — {{#}}{{LM F17451}}{{〓}} {{SynF17901}} {{[}}fárrago{{]}} ‹fá·rra·go› {{《}}▍ s.m.{{》}} Conjunto de objetos o de ideas desordenados, inconexos o innecesarios: • un fárrago de papeles.{{○}} {{★}}{{\}}ETIMOLOGÍA:{{/}} Del latín farrago. {{#}}{{LM… …

    Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos

  • 19farrago — [17] The notion of a farrago being a ‘heterogeneous mixture’ comes originally from the mixture of various grains for animal feed. Latin farrāgo was a derivative of far ‘corn’ (source of English farinaceous [17] and related to barley and barn),… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 20farrago — [[t]fərɑ͟ːgoʊ[/t]] farragoes, farragos (plural) N COUNT: oft N of n (disapproval) 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] Professor Brian Cox …

    English dictionary