A note before the new Word of the Day: I found this in a William Safire column, and surprise-surprise, the definition quote cites Safire. Obviously one of his favorite words.
An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration: “their special farrago of resentments” (William Safire).
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[Latin farrg, mixed fodder, hodgepodge, from far, farr-, a kind of grain. See bhares- in Indo-European Roots.]
Word of the Day
farrago
An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration: “their special farrago of resentments” (William Safire).
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[Latin farrg, mixed fodder, hodgepodge, from far, farr-, a kind of grain. See bhares- in Indo-European Roots.]
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