farrago

2 definitions found

farrago - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Farrago \Far*ra"go\, n. [L. farrago, -aginis, mixed fodder for
     cattle, mash, medley, fr. far a sort of grain. See Farina.]
     A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a
     medley; a mixture.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes,
           and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
                                                    --Sheridan.
     [1913 Webster]

farrago - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  farrago
      n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: odds and ends,
           oddments, melange, farrago, ragbag, mishmash,
           mingle-mangle, hodgepodge, hotchpotch, gallimaufry,
           omnium-gatherum]