Hypertext Webster Gateway: "farrago"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A confounded farrago of doubts, fears, hopes, wishes,
and all the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain.
--Sheridan.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
farrago
n : a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends}, {oddments},
{melange}, {ragbag}, {hodgepodge}, {mishmash}, {mingle-mangle},
{hotchpotch}, {omnium-gatherum}]
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