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  farraginous Farragut, David Glasgow  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
farrago
 
SYLLABICATION:far·ra·go
PRONUNCIATION:  f-räg, -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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  farraginous Farragut, David Glasgow  
 
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