Farraginous
//fəˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪnəs// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Random, miscellaneous, indiscriminate. archaic
"For being a confusion of knaves and fools, and a farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages; it is but natural if their determinations be monstrous, and many waies inconsistent with Truth."
Example
More examples"For being a confusion of knaves and fools, and a farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages; it is but natural if their determinations be monstrous, and many waies inconsistent with Truth."
Etymology
From (the stem of) Latin farrago + -ous.
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