MEANING
A disorganized assortment of disparate things, especially statements or ideas.
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- a farrago of nonsense
- a farrago of excuses
- a bewildering farrago
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His defense was a farrago of borrowed principles, faulty dates, and injured pride.
The dossier contained a farrago of rumors that no investigator had bothered to separate.
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- farrago
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular farrago; plural farragos. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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