Definition of FARRAGO

farrago

Meanings

Plural: farragoes, farragos

Noun

  • a motley assortment of things
  • A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin farrāgō (“mixed fodder; mixture, hodgepodge”), from far (“emmer (a kind of wheat), coarse meal, grits”). Doublet of farro.

Synonyms

bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, congeries, crazyquilt, disjecta membra, farrago, galimatias, gallimaufry, grab bag, hodgepodge, horse and rabbit stew, hotchpot, hotchpotch, job lot, jumble, macedoine, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, miscellanea, miscellany, mishmash, mixed bag, mixture, motley, oddments, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida, omnium-gatherum, pastiche, patchwork quilt, potpourri, ragbag, salmagundi, slurry, smorgasbord, welter, Whitman's sampler

Scrabble Score: 11

farrago is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
farrago is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
farrago is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 12

farrago is a valid Words With Friends word