farrago

English - Turkish

Definition of farrago in English Turkish dictionary

karmakarışık şey

{i} karışım

{i} karışık şey

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English - English

Definition of farrago in English English dictionary

A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things

Or, This is a farrago of absurdity, I could never feel anything of the sort myself.

{n} a confused heap, medley, hodgepodge

{i} mixture, jumble

disapproval If you describe something as a farrago, you are critical of it because you think it is a confused mixture of different types of things. His own books and memoirs are a farrago of half-truth and outright invention. = hotchpotch

A mass composed of various materials confusedly mixed; a medley; a mixture

Related Terms

farragos

plural of farrago

Hyphenation

far·ra·go

Synonyms

hodgepodge, hotchpotch, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag

Etymology

[ f&-'rä-(")gO, -'rA- ] (noun.) 1632. Latin farragin-, farrago mixed fodder, mixture, from far spelt; more at BARLEY.