| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | far·ra·go |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  f -rä g , -r - |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. far·ra·goes
An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration: “their special farrago of resentments” (William Safire). | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin farrg, mixed fodder, hodgepodge, from far, farr-, a kind of grain. See bhares- in Appendix I.
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