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Definition of "farrago" [‖Far•ra•go]

  • An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration: "their special farrago of resentments” ( William Safire). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "farrago" in a sentence
  • "Why the UN acquiesces in this obscene farrago is an exercise best left to the student."
  • "Not a word of all this, which common minds called farrago, but which had its truth to me, did I utter to Laura."
  • "The play has been described as a farrago of undercooked ideas and clashing styles by some critics, lauded as a brilliantly unorthodox play of daring imaginative scope by others."