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  • 111rain — (del lat. «farrāgo, ĭnis», herrén; Ál., Ar., Rioj.) m. *Campo cercado próximo a un pueblo o casa de campo. ≃ Cortinal. * * * rain. (Del lat. farrăgo, ĭnis, herrén). m. vulg. Ál. Cortinal o herrenal …

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  • 112Disorder — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence, or want of Order, &c. < N PARAG:Disorder >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 disorder disorder Sgm: N 1 derangement derangement &c. 61 Sgm: N 1 irregularity irregularity Sgm: N 1 anomaly anomaly &c.(unconformity) 83 Sgm …

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  • 113Absurdity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Absurdity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 absurdity absurdity absurdness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 imbecility imbecility &c. 499 Sgm: N 1 alogy| alogy| nonsense Sgm: N 1 paradox paradox …

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  • 114meslange — Meslange, m. penac. Admistio, Permistio, Mistura, Temperatio. Une meslange de beaucoup de choses, Cinnus, Farrago, Miscellanea miscellaneorum. Une meslange et composition de plusieurs choses diverses: C est aussi un genre de poësie reprenant les… …

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  • 115far|ra|go — «fuh RAY goh, RAH », noun, plural goes. a confused mixture; hodgepodge; jumble: »a confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes (Richard Brinsley Sheridan). ╂[< Latin farrāgō medley; (originally) mixed fodder < far, farris grits,… …

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  • 116Farraginous — Far*rag*i*nous, a. [See {Farrago}.] Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [R.] Kirwan. [1913 Webster] A farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 117Oddment — Odd ment, n. [Odd + ment.] An odd thing, or one that is left over, disconnected, fragmentary, or the like; something that is separated or disconnected from its fellows; Specif.: (Printing) Any separate small part or page in a book, other than the …

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  • 118Omnium-gatherum — Om ni*um gath er*um, n. [A macaronic compound of L. omnium, gen. pl. of omnis all, and E. gather.] A miscellaneous collection of things or persons; a confused mixture; a medley; a hodgepodge. [Colloq. & Humorous] Selden. Syn: hotchpotch, odds and …

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  • 119farraginous — adjective Date: 1615 consisting of a farrago …

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  • 120Beachcomber (Pen name) — Beachcomber was a nom de plume used by surrealist humorous columnists D. B. Wyndham Lewis and, chiefly, J. B. Morton as authors of the Daily Express column By the Way in the period 1919 1975. Other authors who used the name were Major John… …

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