farago
farago is the obsolete form of farrago.
Meaning of farrago
Noun
farrago (plural farragos or farragoes)
- A collection containing a confused variety of miscellaneous things.
- Yet do I carry every vvhere vvith me ſuch a confounded farago of doubts, fears, hopes, vviſhes, and all the flimſy furniture of a country Miſs's brain!1775 January 17 (first performance), [Richard Brinsley Sheridan], The Rivals, a Comedy. […], London: […] John Wilkie, […], published 1775, →OCLC, Act II, scene i, page 20
- Synonyms:
- hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, bouillabaisse, bric-a-brac, catch-all, clamjamfrey, cocktail, rummage, salad
Proper noun capitalized: Farago
Farago (plural Faragos)
- A surname from Hungarian.
Forms of farago
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | faragos |
| plural | faragoes |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Faragos |
Origin of farago
Borrowed from Hungarian Faragó.
Questions about farago
- What does farago mean?
- Farago means a surname from Hungarian.
- What is farago the obsolete form of?
- Farago is the obsolete form of farrago.
- What part of speech is farago?
- Farago is a proper noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: farago (page history and authors); Farago (page history and authors); farrago (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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