farrago

  • 21farrago — UK [fəˈrɑːɡəʊ] / US [fəˈrɑɡoʊ] / US [fəˈreɪɡoʊ] noun [countable] Word forms farrago : singular farrago plural farragos or farragoes formal a confused collection or mixture of things …

    English dictionary

  • 22farrago — [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),… …

    Word origins

  • 23farrago — noun (plural goes) Etymology: Latin farragin , farrago mixed fodder, mixture, from far spelt more at barley Date: 1632 a confused mixture ; hodgepodge …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 24FARRAGO — s. m. (On fait sentir les deux R.) Terme emprunté du latin. Amas, mélange de différentes espèces de grains.  Il se dit, figurément et familièrement, d Un amas, d un mélange confus de choses disparates. On ne l emploie guère qu en parlant Des… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 25farrago — /feuh rah goh, ray /, n., pl. farragoes. a confused mixture; hodgepodge; medley: a farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, and wishes. [1625 35; < L: lit., mixed crop of feed grains, equiv. to farr (s. of far) emmer + ago suffix noting kind or nature] * …

    Universalium

  • 26farrago — noun /fəˈreɪɡoʊ,fəˈrɑːɡoʊ/ A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things Or, This is a farrago of absurdity, I could never feel anything of the sort myself. Syn: hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle mangle, mishmash,&#8230; …

    Wiktionary

  • 27farrago —    A motley assortment or a medley; a jumble or conglomeration; a hodgepodge. This obscure word was derived from a Latin word meaning mixed fodder. Use of farrago has increased among art writers in the early 2000s. The plural form can be&#8230; …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 28farrago — n. (pl. os or US oes) a medley or hotchpotch. Derivatives: farraginous adj. Etymology: L farrago farraginis mixed fodder f. far corn …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 29Farrago Dance Mix — notoc Infobox Album | Name = Farrago Dance Mix Type = ep Artist = David LaBruyere Released = 2007 Recorded = 2000 2006 Music By Night Studio Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA Genre = Dance Funk Experimental Electronic Length = Label = None&#8230; …

    Wikipedia

  • 30FARRAGO — n. m. T. d’Agriculture Amas, mélange de différentes espèces de grains qu’on sème ensemble pour servir de fourrage. Voyez DRAGÉE. Il se dit, figurément et familièrement, d’un Amas, d’un mélange confus de choses disparates …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)