Farrago
/fəˈɹeɪɡoʊ/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.
"Yet do I carry every vvhere vvith me ſuch a confounded farago of doubts, fears, hopes, vviſhes, and all the flimſy furniture of a country Miſs's brain!"
- 2 a motley assortment of things wordnet
Example
More examples"Yet do I carry every vvhere vvith me ſuch a confounded farago of doubts, fears, hopes, vviſhes, and all the flimſy furniture of a country Miſs's brain!"
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin farrāgō (“mixed fodder; mixture, hodgepodge”), from far (“emmer (a kind of wheat), coarse meal, grits”). Doublet of farro.