farrago

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin farrāgō (“mixed fodder; mixture, hodgepodge”), from far (“emmer (a kind of wheat), coarse meal, grits”). Doublet of farro. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fəˈɹeɪɡoʊ/, /fəˈɹɑːɡoʊ/ === Noun === farrago (plural farragos or farragoes) A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things. Synonyms: hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle; see also Thesaurus:hodgepodge ==== Derived terms ==== farraginous ==== Related terms ==== farro ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== bric-a-brac eclectic grab bag heteroclite miscellany == Latin == === Etymology === far (“emmer”) +‎ -āgō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [farˈraː.ɡoː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [farˈraː.ɡo] === Noun === farrāgō f (genitive farrāginis); third declension a kind of hash, mixed fodder for animals mixture, hodgepodge ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === References === “farrago”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “farrago”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "farrago", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “farrago”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.